Democracy for some thhe civic opportunity gap in high school

Engaging Young People in Civic Life

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 29-58

  Kahne, Joseph ^a   Middaugh, Ellen ^a  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

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