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A new engagement? : political participation, civic life, and the changing American citizen / Cliff Zukin ... [and others].
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- United States.
- Citizenship--United States.
- Citizenship.
- Civil society--United States.
- Civil society.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- In searching for answers as to why young people differ vastly from their parents and grandparents when it comes to turning out the vote, A New Engagement challenges the conventional wisdom that today's youth is plagued by a severe case of political apathy. In order to understand the current nature of citizen engagement, it is critical to separate political from civic engagement. Using the results from an original set of surveys and the authors' own primary research, they conclude that while older citizens participate by voting, young people engage by volunteering and being active in their communities.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Coming of age in a post-boomer world
- Engagement in public life
- Through the looking glass
- Generational pathways to participation
- Where do young people stand politically?
- Civic engagement, political engagement and generational change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195183169
- 0195183177
- OCLC:
- 61454025
- Publisher Number:
- 9780195183160
- 9780195183177
- Online:
- Publisher description
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