Civic education and citizen engagement: Mobilizing voters as a required field experiment

Journal of Political Science Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-227

  Bennion, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Experiential learning; Field experiment; Service learning; Voter mobilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249138140     PISSN: 15512169     EISSN: 15512177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15512160600686555     Document Type: Article

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