Measuring social capital among youth: applications in environmental education

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-23

  Krasny, Marianne E ^a   Kalbacker, Leigh ^a,b   Stedman, Richard C ^a   Russ, Alex ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

civic engagement; collective action; social capital; survey development; youth development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917683800     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2013.843647     Document Type: Article

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