Toward a Political Theory of Political Socialization of Youth

Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 23-41

  McIntosh, Hugh ^a   Youniss, James ^b  

^a The Catholic University of America ^*

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic development; Perspective taking; Political apprenticeship; Political socialization; Public life; Public politics; Situated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857487846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470767603.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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