Community Matters: Challenges to Civic Engagement in the 21st CenturyVerna V. Gehring Rowman & Littlefield, 2005 - 102 Seiten Civic matters affect all members of a community and are thus of potential concern to all. In Community Matters: Challenges to Civic Engagement in the 21st Century, six distinguished scholars address three perennial challenges of civic life: the making of a citizen, how citizens are to agree (and disagree), and how to define the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The thought-provoking essays in this volume discuss integral civic concerns such as: how can we improve civic education? How do we address controversy within our communities? What are the responsibilities of a citizen? Should the national draft be re-instated in the U.S? These essays will encourage students, academics, and interested citizens outside the academy to go farther and dig deeper into these vital issues. |
Inhalt
An Introduction | 1 |
Solving the Civic Achievement Gap in De Facto Segregated Schools | 7 |
Civic Education and Political Participation | 23 |
State Symbols and Multiculturalism | 35 |
Lessons from the Brooklyn Museum Controversy | 47 |
A Sketch of Some Arguments for Conscription | 61 |
ConscriptionNo | 73 |
Between the Horns | 85 |
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About the Editor and Contributors | 99 |
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