The effect of schools on political participation: A multilevel logistic analysis

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-154

  Quintelier, Ellen ^a  

^a Center for Political Research   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Citizenship education; Political participation; Political socialisation; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958090040     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520802524810     Document Type: Article

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