Fountain of Youth Strategies and Tactics for Mobilizing America's Young Voters

by Shea, Daniel M.; Green, John C.; Comber, Melissa K.; Frishberg, Ivan; Galston, William A.; Green, John C.; Hoover, Michael; Orr, Susan; Rockeymoore, Mark; Rockeymoore, Maya; Smith, Heather; Strachan, J. Cherie; White, John Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9780742539662
• ISBN10: 0742539660
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-22
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Fountain of Youth examines the tactics and the strategies for youth mobilization. While the central focus of the book is on the role of local political parties in registering and getting young voters to the polls, the editors and contributors examine a broad range of possible and long-term solutions.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures	ix
Preface	xi
Section I Background on Youth Participation in America
The Turned-Off Generation: Fact and Fiction?	3	(18)
Daniel M. Shea
John C. Green
Section II Political Parties and Mobilization of Young Voters
Throwing a Better Party: Local Political Parties and the Youth Vote	21	(28)
John C. Green
Daniel M. Shea
Tales from the Trenches: Party Organizations that Are Connecting with Young Citizens	49	(30)
Daniel M. Shea
John C. Green
Building Youth Party Identification and Revitalizing Democracy	79	(16)
J. Cherie Strachan
Section III Civic Education and Youth Engagement: Past, Present, and Future
Civic Knowledge, Civic Education, and Civic Engagement	95	(20)
William A. Galston
Political Participation and Service Learning: Civic Education as Problem and Solution	115	(14)
Melissa K. Comber
Promoting Diversity in Democracy: Mobilizing the Hip-Hop Generation	129	(12)
Maya Rockeymoore
Mark Rockeymoore
Section IV Nonpartisan Organizations and Turning out the Youth Vote
Youth Political Engagement: Why Rock the Vote Hits the Wrong Note	141	(22)
Michael Hoover
Susan Orr
Mobilizing the Youth Vote in 2004 and Beyond	163	(18)
Heather Smith
Ivan Frishberg
Young Voter Mobilization Projects in 2004	181	(30)
Daniel M. Shea
John C. Green
Section V Conclusion
Faces of the Future	211	(12)
John Kenneth White
References	223	(22)
Index	245	(10)
About the Contributors	255