Family characteristics, public program participation, & civic engagement

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 35-61

  Caputo, Richard K ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Families; Hidden visible policies; Policy feedback theory; Voluntarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952800190     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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