Moving from complaints to action: Oppositional consciousness and collective action in a political community

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-76

  Kwon, Soo Ah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian and Pacific Islanders; Oppositional consciousness; Social educational change; Youth activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 64349116530     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2008.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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