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Civic Education, Civic Engagement, and Youth Civic Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2003

Robert L. Dudley  and
Alan R. Gitelson
Robert L. Dudley
Affiliation:
chair of the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University. In addition to his coauthored books American Government and American Elections: The Rules Matter, he has authored articles in The American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, and Political Research Quarterly. He can be reached at rdudley@gmu.edu
Alan R. Gitelson
Affiliation:
professor of political science at Loyola University, Chicago. His most recent publications include American Government, 7th Edition (with Robert L. Dudley and Melvin Dubnick), and American Elections: The Rules Matter (with Robert L. Dudley). He serves as a member of the American Political Science Association Standing Committee on Education and Professional Development. He can be reached at agitels@luc.edu.
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 263 - 267
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© 2003 by the American Political Science Association

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Footnotes

*This essay is a shortened version of an article by the authors: Robert L. Dudley and Alan R. Gitelson, “Political Literacy, Civic Education, and Civic Engagement: A Return to Political Socialization?” Applied Developmental Science, Special Issue: Growing Into Citizenship: Multiple Pathways and Diverse Influences, Lonnie Sherrod, Constance Flanagan, and James Youniss, Guest Editors, Vol. 6. #4, 2002, pp. 175–182.

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