Community Matters - Challenges to Civic Engagement in the 21st Century

Informationen zum Autor Verna V. Gehring is editor at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, and editor of Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly. Klappentext 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. These essays will encourage students, academics, and interested citizens outside the academy to go farther and dig deeper into these vital issues. Zusammenfassung Six distinguished scholars address three perennial challenges of civic life! the making of a citizen! how citizens are to agree! and how to define the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. These essays aim to encourage students! academics! and interested citizens outside the academy to go farther and dig deeper into these vital issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 I. The Challenge of Civic Education Chapter 2 Solving the Civic Achievement Gap in De Facto Segregated Schools Chapter 3 Civic Education and Political Participation Chapter 4 II. The Challenge of Civic Debate Chapter 5 State Symbals and Multiculturalism Chapter 6 Lessons from the Brooklyn Museum Controversy Chapter 7 III. Service in Deed?: Civic Engagement and the Prospect of Mandatory Military Service Chapter 8 A Sketch of Some Arguments for Conscription Chapter 9 Conscription-No Chapter 10 Conscription: Between the Horns

Product details

• Authors: Verna V. Gehring, Verna V. (EDT) Gehring
• Assisted by: Verna V. Gehring (Editor), Gehring Verna V. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2005
• EAN: 9780742549609
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4960-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 197 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Institute for Philosophy and P; Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Studies; Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Political structure & processes, Civil rights & citizenship, Political structure and processes, Civics and citizenship