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The Future of Democracy Developing the Next Generation of American Citizens / Peter Levine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levine, Peter, 1967-
- Series:
- Civil society.
- Civil society : historical and contemporary perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth development--United States.
- Youth development.
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- Social participation--United States.
- Social participation.
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- Youth--Political activity--United States.
- Youth.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- University Press of New England, Hanover, NH : 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A nonpartisan clarion call for civic renewal to restore American democracy
- Contents:
- What is civic engagement?
- Why do we need broad civic engagement?
- Measures of civic engagement
- Why do we need the civic engagement of young people?
- How are youth engaging today?
- What are the barriers to civic education?
- Civic learning in school
- Civic learning in communities
- Developments in higher education
- Institutional reforms
- Youth civic engagement within a broader civic renewal movement.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-271) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781611687880
- 1611687888
- OCLC:
- 1291309848
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