The politics and civics of national service : lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, Vista, and AmeriCorps / Melissa Bass.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bass, Melissa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National service--United States.

National service.

Voluntarism--United States.

Voluntarism.

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.).

AmeriCorps (Program : U.S.).

AmeriCorps*VISTA.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (599 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program-the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind-nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's natural resources. It demonstrated what citizens and government could accomplish together. Yet despite its success, the CCC was short lived.

Contents:

Preface. 1. Introduction: National service as public policy for democracy

2. Citizenship and the elements of policy design

Part I. The civilian conservation corps. 3. The CCC's roots and relationships

4. The CCC's purpose and government's role

5. The CCC's tools, rules, and targets

II. Volunteers in service to America. 6. VISTA's roots and relationships

7. VISTA's purpose and government's role

8. VISTA's tools, rules, and targets

III. AmeriCorps. 9. AmeriCorps's roots and relationships

10. AmeriCorps's purpose and government's role

11. AmeriCorps's policy tools, rules, and targets

IV. Conclusion. 12. Making sense of the past and its lessons for the future

Notes

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283939775

1283939770

9780815723813

0815723814

OCLC:

824363016