Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

Published Aug 11 2005
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 112
ISBN 9780742574458
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Series Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Studies
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

VG
Anthology Editor

Verna V. Gehring

ML
Contributor

Meira Levinson

WG
Contributor

William A. Galston

JL
Contributor

Jacob T. Levy

PL
Contributor

Peter Levine

RF
Contributor

Robert K. Fullinwider

MW
Contributor

Mick Womersley

WG
Introduction

William A. Galston

Reviews

  • Community Matters makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of key issues in civic education, multicultural conflict, and national service. It is a must read for those engaged in debates on civic renewal in the U.S. I recommend it highly.

    Carmen Sirianni, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Brandeis University

  • Community Matters makes an extremely helpful contribution to a pressing issue for the country: How do we stop the hollowing out of our own democracy and rebuild a culture of healthy civic participation? This collection of essays is a nice civic sampler – aiding us with sound analysis, thoughtful insights and good advice.

    David Skaggs, Former Member of Congress and Executive Director, Center for Democracy & Citizenship, Council for Excellence in Government

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