Defying the general belief that American citizenship is in decline, Sanford claims that Generation X is actually taking positions of civic leadership and authority as Baby Boomers retire. By exploring traditional instruments of social capital, civic culture and political science, she attempts to make us understand this maligned generation better.
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Contents: The Problems of Citizenship in the Early 21st Century History’s Standard of Good Citizenship Assessing Contemporary Citizenship: The Case for Qualitative Methods Cyber-Democrats and Just-in-Time Social Capital Wireheads as New Minimalists Tech Elites: Bridging Old and New Social Capital Trailing Xers, Rising Millenials and Two Cliches Embracing Flux: Generation X and the New Norms of Social CapitalOm författaren
STEFANIE SANFORD works at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA.
Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 216 ● ISBN 9780230603127 ● Filstorlek 1.0 MB ● Utgivare Palgrave Macmillan US ● Stad New York ● Publicerad 2007 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 2306713 ● Kopieringsskydd Social DRM
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