Policies for civic engagement beyond the schoolyard

Engaging Young People in Civic Life

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 81-101

  Gimpel, James G ^a   Pearson Merkowitz, Shanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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