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Facing Facts in an Era of Political Polarization: Young People’s Learning and Knowledge about Economic Inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2017

Benjamin Bowyer  and
Joseph Kahne
Benjamin Bowyer
Affiliation:
University of California, Riverside
Joseph Kahne
Affiliation:
University of California, Riverside
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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. 1056 - 1061
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2017 

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