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Promoting Elementary School-Age Children’s Understanding of Wealth, Poverty, and Civic Engagement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2017

Rashmita S. Mistry ,
Lindsey Nenadal ,
Taylor Hazelbaker ,
Katherine M. Griffin  and
Elizabeth S. White
Rashmita S. Mistry
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Lindsey Nenadal
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Taylor Hazelbaker
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Katherine M. Griffin
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth S. White
Affiliation:
Illinois State University
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Symposium: The Politics and Pedagogy of Economic Inequality
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 50 , Issue 4 , October 2017 , pp. 1068 - 1073
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2017 

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