The Poverty of Participation: Self-Interest, Student Loans, and Student Activism

Political Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-116

  Ozymy, Joshua ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; College students; Political participation; Self interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858003973     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9154-5     Document Type: Article

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