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Good Practices on Civic Engagement in Chile and the Role of Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in School Settings

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Civics and Citizenship

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Chileans, like people from most Latin American countries, report little trust in their political institutions (66.6% of the population reported having low or no trust in the justice department, 76.9% in the congress and 64.9% in the government; Corporacion Latinobarometro, 2013). Indeed, the observed decline in Chilean voter turnout has been stronger than in other democracies of the world (Corvalan & Cox, 2011).

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Kanacri, B.P.L., Jiménez-Moya, G. (2017). Good Practices on Civic Engagement in Chile and the Role of Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in School Settings. In: García-Cabrero, B., Sandoval-Hernández, A., Treviño-Villareal, E., Ferráns, S.D., Martínez, M.G.P. (eds) Civics and Citizenship. Moral Development and Citizenship Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-068-4_11

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