Frustrated, resigned, outspoken: Students' engagement with school rules and some implications for participatory citizenship

International Journal of Children's Rights

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-98

  Raby, Rebecca ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Citizenship; Rights; School rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149121478     PISSN: 09275568     EISSN: 15718182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/092755608X267148     Document Type: Article

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