Sticking together: Classroom diversity and civic education

American Politics Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-78

  Campbell, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic education; Civic engagement; Ethnic diversity; Political discussion; Political socialization; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751328961     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X06294503     Document Type: Article

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