Civic Life in the Information Age / by S. Sanford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanford, Stephanie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Political sociology.

Political science.

International Relations.

Political Sociology.

Political Science.

Local Subjects:

International Relations.

Political Sociology.

Political Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2007.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Defying the general belief that American citizenship is in decline, Sanford claims that Generation X is actually taking positions of civic leadership and authority as Baby Boomers retire. By exploring traditional instruments of social capital, civic culture and political science, she attempts to make us understand this maligned generation better.

Contents:

Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Content; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Problems of Citizenship in the Early Twenty-First Century; 2. History's Standards of Good Citizenship; 3. Assessing Contemporary Citizenship: The Case for Qualitative Methods; 4. Cyber-Democrats and Just-In-Time Social Capital; 5. Wireheads as New Minimalists: ""I gave at the office""; 6. Tech Elites: Bridging Old and New Social Capital; 7. Trailing Xers, Rising Millennials, and Two Clichés

8. Embracing and Surfing Social Change: Generation X and New Norms of Civic Life and Social Capital9. Closing Thoughts; Epilogue: Implications of Generation X Leadership; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611361730

9781137325815

113732581X

9781281361738

1281361739

9780230603127

0230603122

OCLC:

314794047