Evolving Citizen American Youth and the Changing Norms of Democratic Engagement

Name: Evolving Citizen American Youth and the Changing Norms of Democratic Engagement
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ISBN: 9780271054148

ISBN-10: 027105414X

ISBN-13: 9780271054148

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jay P. Childers

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It has become a common complaint among academics and community leaders that citizens today are not what they used to be. Nowhere is this decline seen to be more troubling than when the focus is on young Americans. Compared to the youth of past generations, today's young adults, so the story goes, spend too much time watching television, playing video games, and surfing the Internet. As a result, American democracy is in trouble. The Evolving Citizen challenges this decline thesis and argues instead that democratic engagement has not gotten worse-it has simply changed. Through an analysis of seven high school newspapers from 1965 to 2010, this book shows that young people today, according to…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 11/15/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments



American Youth: Who They Are and Why They Matter



American High School: Teenagers and Scholastic Journalism



Dislocated Cosmopolitans



Removed Volunteers



Protective Critics



Independent Joiners



American Evolution, Democratic Engagement, and Civic Education


Notes


Index