Building Power, Learning Democracy: Youth Organizing as a Site of Civic Development

Review of Research in Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-66

  Rogers, John ^a   Mediratta, Kavitha ^b   Shah, Seema ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Atlantic Philanthropies   (United States)

^c Foundation Center   (United States)

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EID: 84857478686     PISSN: 0091732X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0091732X11422328     Document Type: Article

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