Civic virtue out of necessity:Patriotism and democratic education

Theory and Research in Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-59

  Ben Porath, Sigal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

civic education; civic virtue; democratic education; patriotism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997891750     PISSN: 14778785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477878507073608     Document Type: Article

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