Civic participation and development among urban adolescents

Engaging Young People in Civic Life

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 102-120

  Hart, Daniel ^a   Kirshner, Ben ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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