U.S. national debate topic 2006-2007 : national service / edited by Ronald Eniclerico.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eniclerico, Ronald.

Series:

Reference shelf ; v. 78, no. 3.

The reference shelf ; v. 78, no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National service--United States.

National service.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 196 pages ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

National service

Place of Publication:

Bronx, NY : H.W. Wilson, 2006.

Contents:

Cracking the atom of civic power / Harris Wofford

The volunteering decision / Paul C. Light

New directions: service and the Bush administration's civic agenda / John M. Bridgeland, Stephen Goldsmith, and Leslie Lenkowsky

Suddenly serviceable / Richard Just

Volunteerism and legislation: a guidance note / Inter-Parliamentary Union, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and United Nations Volunteers

Rumors about a draft are false / Donald H. Rumsfeld

Bring back the draft / Charles B. Rangle

The case for the draft / Phillip Carter and Paul Galstris

An army of the willing / Richard A. Posner

Schroder to end conscription in push for EU rapid reaction force / Tony Paterson

Considering the draft / Max Friedman

Well, no, they won't go / John Cook

Young people fear return of military draft / Marian Gail Brown

Teens frown on national service requirement / Dennis Welch

Desire to serve stays for AmeriCorps alums : study: members of program likely to have more civic responsibility / David Tarrant

AmeriCorps steps up, digs in / Ken Leiser

Peace Corps finds renewed passion in volunteerism / John Faherty

How UN volunteer system assists Kenya / Peter Mwaura

Do the nation a service / John McCain

Denial of service / Julian Sanchez

Muting the call to service / Dave Eggers

Monterey Bay campus is a role model / Eric Slater

Kids with a cause / Cathy Gulli

Uncle Sam wants you / Alan Khazei and Michael Brown

September 11, 2001: the case for universal service / Robert E. Litan

A bad idea whose time is past: the case against universal service / Bruce Chapman

Doing disservice / Drake Bennett

A nation of servants: defining public service for the twenty-first century / Alan W. Dowd.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index.

ISBN:

0824210611

OCLC:

65197961