Ethnic identity and civic attitudes in Latino and Caucasian youth

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 621-643

  Anglin, Ashley Elizabeth ^a,b   Johnson Pynn, Julie S ^b   Johnson, Laura Renee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

citizenship; ethnicity; identity; schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863432507     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2012.663887     Document Type: Article

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