The Relation Between Civic Education and Political Attitudes and Behavior: A Two-Year Panel Study Among Belgian Late Adolescents

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 140-150

  Dassonneville, Ruth ^a   Quintelier, Ellen ^a   Hooghe, Marc ^a   Claes, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84864013940     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2012.695265     Document Type: Article

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