The Sources of Adolescent Activism: Historical and Contemporary Findings

Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 67-90

  Hart, Daniel ^a   Gullan, Rebecca Lakin ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania   (United States)

^c Gwynedd Mercy University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Child saturation; Civic participation; Conventional political participation; Demonstrations; Historical trends; Multimethod research; Political voice; Riots; Urban adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960459651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470767603.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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