Children and Young People's Politics in Everyday Life

Space and Polity

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-16

  Kallio, Kirsi Pauliina ^a   Häkli, Jouni ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 84877253146     PISSN: 13562576     EISSN: 14701235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562576.2013.780710     Document Type: Article

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