Social differentiation in young people's political participation: The impact of social and educational factors on youth political engagement in Britain

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 360-380

  Henn, Matt ^a   Foard, Nick ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disengagement; political participation; voting; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895056880     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2013.830704     Document Type: Article

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