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Citizenship Now

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ISBN-10: 0321117670

ISBN-13: 9780321117670

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jon Ford, Marjorie Ford

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Part of the Longman Topics reader series Citizenship Now examines the meaning of citizenship in our changing society and encourages student participation in revitalizing our communities. This brief collection of readings focuses on the crucial role of the citizen in the democratic process. Thought-provoking selections ask students to think about timely and relevant issues, such as civil liberties vs. increased national security, consumerist values and environmental responsibility, and immigration and the need for educational reform. Divided into five chapters, each features six or seven essays of varying lengths. Brief apparatus helps students write more thoughtfully in response to the…    
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Book details

List price: $28.80
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/23/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Rhetorical Contents
Preface
Citizenship and Diversity
Who and What Is American?
A Quilt of a Country: Out of Many, One?
I Have a Dream
Hispanics and the American Dream
Should English Be the Law?
Viet-Kieu
Extending the Theme
Education and Citizenship
Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education
Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education
The Common School and The Common Good
Educating a Democracy
Community Service
Extending the Theme
Citizenship and Civil Liberties
Rights as a Check on Democracy
On Racist Speech
The Myth of Social Consensus
Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You)
Security Versus Civil Liberties
Protecting Dr. King's Legacy: Justice and Liberty in the Wake of September 11th
Extending the Theme
The Media and the Citizen
Pictures in Our Heads
Hate Radio
The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?
Media, Literacy, and Democratic Citizenship
Independent Media Alternatives
Rethinking Virtual Communities: The Prospects for the Public Sphere
Extending the Theme
The Public Citizen
The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society
Civic Responsibility
A Vision of the Quilt
The Artist as Citizen
A Match Made in Heaven
The Tyranny of the Majority
Extending the Theme
Credits
Causal Reasoning
The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?
Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education
The Common School and The Common Good
Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education
Should English Be the Law?
The Myth of Social Consensus
Comparison/Contrast
Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education
Civic Responsibility
Viet-Kieu
Protecting Dr. King's Legacy: Justice and Liberty in the Wake of September 11th
Definition
Independent Media Alternatives
I Have a Dream
Who and What Is American?
A Quilt of a Country: Out of Many, One?
Media, Literacy, and Democratic Citizenship
Dialogue
Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education
Viet-Kieu
A Match Made in Heaven
Legal Analysis and Court Cases
Rights as a Check on Democracy
Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You)
The Tyranny of the Majority
On Racist Speech
Security Versus Civil Liberties
Protecting Dr. King's Legacy: Justice and Liberty in the Wake of September 11th
Metaphor/Analogy
The Tyranny of the Majority
A Vision of the Quilt
I Have a Dream
A Quilt of a Country: Out of Many, One?
Personal Examples
Community Service
Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education
A Vision of the Quilt
A Match Made in Heaven
Viet-Kieu
Refutation
Hispanics and the American Dream
The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?
Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You)
Educating a Democracy
Who and What Is American?
The Artist as Citizen
The Myth of Social Consensus
Solutions Argument
Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education
Civic Responsibility
The Common School and The Common Good
Educating a Democracy
Rethinking Virtual Communities: The Prospects for the Public Sphere
Media, Literacy, and Democratic Citizenship
The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society
Support Using Facts and Statistics
Independent Media Alternatives
Hispanics and the American Dream
Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education
Pictures in Our Heads
The Artist as Citizen
Synthesis Argument
Rethinking Virtual Communities: The Prospects for the Public Sphere
Media, Literacy, and Democratic Citizenship
The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society