Preparing for Democracy: How Community-Based Organizations Build Civic Engagement Among Urban Youth

Urban Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-91

  Shiller, Jessica T ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

activism; after school programs; urban; youth development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871260682     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085912436761     Document Type: Article

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