Immigrant Youth in the United States: Coming of Age among Diverse Civic Cultures

Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 425-443

  Jensen, Lene Arnett ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic motivation; Discrimination; Family context; Immigrant civic involvement; Interdisciplinary research; Media context; Policy implications; Political participation; Religious context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866051135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470767603.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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