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Educating the “Good” Citizen: Political Choices and Pedagogical Goals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2004

Joel Westheimer
Affiliation:
University of Ottawa
Joseph Kahne
Affiliation:
Mills College

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© 2004 by the American Political Science Association

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