Civil Societies as Cultural and Developmental Contexts for Civic Identity Formation

Bridging Cultural and Developmental Approaches to Psychology: New Syntheses in Theory, Research, and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Flanagan, Constance ^a   Loreto Martinez M ^b   Cumsille, Patricio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Free spaces; Groupways; Lay theories; Mediating institutions; Political stability; Social change; Social contract; Social incorporation; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195383430.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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