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United we serve : national service and the future of citizenship /
Annotation Public rhetoric in the United States has always laid heavy stress on the obligations of citizenship. Bill Clinton praised the idea of service, and so does George W. Bush. Since September 11, the debate over service and the obligations of citizenship has become even more urgent. United We...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. United We Serve? The Promise of National Service; 2. Bowling Together; 3. Will September 11 Revitalize Civic Democracy?; 4. Patriotism-Lite Meets the Citizen-Soldier; 5. The Politics of Service; 6. Service and the Bush Administration's Civic Agenda; 7. Patriotism Means Reaching beyond Our Self-Interest; 8. The Duties of Democracy; 9. Thinking Bigger about Citizenship; 10. Solving Problems through Service; 11. Doing Well and Doing Good; 12. Flying Colors; 13. A New Greatest Generation?
- 14. The Obligations of September 11, 200115. A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Passed; COMMENT: The Case for Universal Service--Again; 16. A Solution in Search of a Problem; 17. In Power, but Not in Peril; 18. Bring Back the Draft; 19. Dodgy Drafters; 20. Degraded into a Trade; 21. Military Service and the Middle Class; 22. The American Military and the Idea of Service; 23. Empowering Communities; 24. Is the Era of Recreational Government Bashing Over?; 2.