What is included with this book?
Preface | p. vii |
Toward a Political Science of Citizenship | p. 1 |
What Is Civic Engagement? | p. 6 |
What Dimensions of Civic Engagement Should We Care About? | p. 8 |
Can Civic Engagement Be Bad? | p. 10 |
Our Report and the American Political Science Association | p. 16 |
Roadmap to What Follows | p. 18 |
Conclusion | p. 19 |
National Electoral Processes | p. 21 |
Basic Trends | p. 22 |
Diagnosing Our Civic Malaise | p. 30 |
Personal Factors | p. 32 |
Structural Factors | p. 41 |
Cultural Factors | p. 49 |
What Is to Be Done? | p. 52 |
Conclusion | p. 64 |
The American Metropolis | p. 67 |
The Promise and Perils of Local Politics | p. 68 |
Changing Patterns of Metropolitan Life | p. 73 |
Place, Context, and Civic Activity | p. 82 |
Engagement with Electoral Politics | p. 83 |
Political Engagement between Elections | p. 90 |
Community Engagement through Nongovernmental Institutions and Groups | p. 97 |
What Is to Be Done? | p. 104 |
Conclusion | p. 114 |
Associational Life and the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector | p. 117 |
Associations and Civic Engagement | p. 119 |
Two Positive Trends: Volunteering and Growth of the Nonprofit Sector | p. 122 |
How Policy Creates and Regulates Nonprofits | p. 128 |
Reshaping the Civic Context for Associations | p. 131 |
What Is to Be Done? | p. 148 |
Conclusion | p. 152 |
Conclusion: Assessing Our Political Science of Citizenship | p. 155 |
America's Democratic Deficit | p. 156 |
Our Agenda for Reform | p. 159 |
Pitfalls of Our Political Science of Citizenship | p. 170 |
Conclusion | p. 177 |
Notes | p. 179 |
The Authors | p. 219 |
Index | p. 221 |
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