Does Citizenship Education Make Young People Better-Engaged Citizens?

Political Studies

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 578-602

  Tonge, Jon ^a   Mycock, Andrew ^b   Jeffery, Bob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Education; Engagement; Political literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865865890     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2011.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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