Youth Civic Engagement: Normative Issues

Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 115-137

  Levine, Peter ^a   Higgins D'Alessandro, Ann ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Civic education; Evaluation methods; Lawrence Kohlberg; Moral philosophy; Normative; Positive youth development; Youth civic engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051887717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470767603.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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