Building skills for civic engagement: Children as agents of neighborhood change

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-242

  Nicotera, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Civic engagement; Community practice; Focus groups; Neighborhood; Social development; Youth organizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749301231     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705420801998045     Document Type: Article

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