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The development of civic engagement is a critical topic for research. Citizenship is an important area of adult functioning yet we do not understand its development well enough to understand how to promote its positive development. Putnam (1996, 2000) has argued that the U.S. faces a crisis in terms of low levels of civic engagement, especially in young people. Cross-national research on the civics knowledge of teens indicate that the U.S. is not unusual in this regard (Torney-Purta et al. 2001; Torney-Purta 2002).
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Sherrod, L., Baskir, L. (2010). Gender Differences in the Political Interests of U.S. High School Students. In: Ittel, A., Merkens, H., Stecher, L., Zinnecker, J. (eds) Jahrbuch Jugendforschung. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92320-8_5
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