The adolescent unbound: Unintentional influence of curricula on ideological conflict seeking

Political Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-29

  McDevitt, Michael ^a,b   Ostrowski, Ally ^b  

^a 478 UCB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Civic development; Civic education; Civic identity; Conflict avoidance; Deliberation; Ideological conflict seeking; Political communication; Political discussion; Political socialization; Protesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449172913     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600802622811     Document Type: Article

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