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Youth Civic Engagement in the United States: Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Social Impediments on Positive Youth and Community Development
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Balsano, Aida B. – Applied Developmental Science, 2005
The topic of civic engagement has come to the forefront of many recent discussions about the positive and healthy development of youth. Researchers and practitioners writing about youth civic engagement agree that civic engagement has short- and long-term benefits for youth and for society. These benefits have been discussed in terms of youth…
Descriptors: Community Development, Adolescents, Youth Opportunities, Citizen Participation