Engaged citizens? Political participation and social engagement among youth, women, minorities, and migrants

• Authors: Bruna Zani , Martyn Barrett
• Languages of publication: EN
• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 273-282

Dates

published

2012-07-01

online

2012-06-25

Contributors

author

Bruna Zani

• University of Bologna

author

Martyn Barrett

• University of Surrey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-012-0023-2