"power in numbers": Youth organizing as a context for exploring civic identity

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 414-440

  Kirshner, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 61849145372     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2009.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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