Attachment to community and civic and political engagement: A case study of students

Canadian Review of Sociology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 375-388

  Boulianne, Shelley ^a   Brailey, Michelle ^b  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALBERTA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927523702     PISSN: 17556171     EISSN: 1755618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cars.12052     Document Type: Article

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