Civic education and youth political participation / / [edited by] Murray Print, Henry Milner.

Why does it appear that many young people are disengaging from democracy and political participation? For many governments, politicians, academics, social commentators and researchers this is a serious and challenging problem. Consequently widespread interest exists on how to engage young people in...

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Superior document:Civic and political education ; 1
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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam, The Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Civic and political education ; 1.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:Rev. version of papers presented at a workshop held June 2008, Montreal, Canada.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Murray Print and Henry Milner
  • Democracy, Models of Citizenship and Civic Education / Brenda O’Neill
  • Is Civic Education the Answer? / J.P. Lewis
  • Voting Assistance Applications as Tools to Increase Political Participation and Improve Civic Education / Andreas Ladner , Jan Fivaz and Giorgio Nadig
  • Attitudes Toward Citizenship and Political Participation Underlying Approaches to Civic Education / Vincent Tournier
  • Citizenship Education and Political Interest / Ellen Claes and Marc Hooghe
  • A World Pattern for Civic Education / Henry Milner , Chi Nguyen and Frances Boylston
  • Connecting Youth Political Participation and Civic Education in Schools / Murray Print
  • Children’s Understandings of Democratic Participation: Lessons for Civic Education / Alan Sears
  • Developing Citizens / Joseph Kahne and Susan Sporte
  • Does Civic Education Boost Turnout? / Henry Milner
  • Civic Education Bios / Murray Print and Henry Milner.