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Engaging Young People in Civic Life

By Peter Levine , James Youniss , Lee Hamilton

Book information

Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0826516505, 9780826516503
LCC
HQ799.2.P6 E54 2009
Open Library ID
OL22513765M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
641 kB (656303 bytes)
Pages
305\0
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The myth of generations of disengaged youth has been shattered by increases in youth turnout in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 primaries. Young Americans are responsive to effective outreach efforts, and this collection addresses how to best provide opportunities for enhancing civic learning and forming lasting civic identities.The thirteen original essays are based on research in schools and in settings beyond the schoolyard where civic life is experienced. One focus is on programs for those schools in poor communities that tend to overlook civic education. Another chapter reports on how two city governments--Hampton, Virginia, and San Francisco--have invited youth to participate on boards and in agencies. A cluster of chapters focuses on the civic education programs in Canada and Western Europe, where, as in the United States, immigration and income inequality raise challenges to civic life.

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