Soft power and hard measures: Large-scale assessment, citizenship and the European Union

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-395

  Rutkowski, David ^a   Engel, Laura C ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956078074     PISSN: 14749041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2010.9.3.381     Document Type: Article

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