Political socialisation in immigrant families: Challenging top-down parental socialisation models

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-168

  Wong, Janelle ^a   Tseng, Vivian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Immigrants; Political learning; Political socialisation; Politics; Trickle up

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; LEARNING; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549057090     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830701708742     Document Type: Article

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