Community Matters Challenges to Civic Engagement in the 21st Century

by Gehring, Verna V.; Levinson, Meira; Galston, William A.; Levy, Jacob T.; Levine, Peter; Fullinwider, Robert K.; Womersley, Mick

• ISBN13: 9780742549593
• ISBN10: 0742549593
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-11
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Verna V. Gehring
The Challenge of Civic Engagement: An Introduction	1	(6)
William A. Galston
The Challenge of Civic Education
Solving the Civic Achievement Gap in De Facto Segregated Schools	7	(16)
Meira Levinson
Civic Education and Political Participation	23	(12)
William A. Galston
The Challenge of Civic Debate
State Symbols and Multiculturalism	35	(12)
Jacob T. Levy
Lessons from the Brooklyn Museum Controversy	47	(14)
Peter Levine
Service in Deed?: Civic Engagement and the Prospect of Mandatory Military Service
A Sketch of Some Arguments for Conscription	61	(12)
William A. Galston
Conscription---No	73	(12)
Robert K. Fullinwider
Conscription: Between the Horns	85	(10)
Mick Womersley
Index	95	(4)
About the Editor and Contributors	99