The Engagement Gap: Social Mobility and Extracurricular Participation among American Youth

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 657, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 194-207

  Snellman, Kaisa ^a   Silva, Jennifer M ^b   Frederick, Carl B ^c   Putnam, Robert D ^d  

^a INSEAD ^*  (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Extracurriculars; Inequality; Social capital; Social class; Social mobility; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919431390     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716214548398     Document Type: Article

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