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Multiculturalism and social cohesion in a democratic society

Is the United States experience a model or an example?

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  1. Citizen Education Division of the Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, USA

    Mary A. Hepburn (Professor of Social Science Education)

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Author of numerous research articles on citizenship education including studies of the political attitudes of youth, analyses of the history of citizenship education in the United States, and studies of effects of democratic climates in school and classroom.

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Hepburn, M.A. Multiculturalism and social cohesion in a democratic society. Prospects 22, 80–90 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02196521

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