The trouble with civic: A snapshot of young people's civic and political engagements in twenty-first-century democracies

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 543-560

  Banaji, Shakuntala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Civic participation; Civicweb; Right wing activism; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249092054     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260802283008     Document Type: Article

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