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The politics and civics of national service : lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, Vista, and AmeriCorps
- Title
- The politics and civics of national service : lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, Vista, and AmeriCorps / Melissa Bass.
- Author
- Bass, Melissa
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2013]
- ©2013
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Brookings Institution.
- Description
- xi, 304 pages; 25 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-294) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: National service as public policy for democracy -- Citizenship and the elements of policy design -- I. The civilian conservation corps -- The CCC's roots and relationships -- The CCC's purpose and government's role -- The CCC's tools, rules, and targets -- II. Volunteers in service to America -- VISTA's roots and relationships -- VISTA's purpose and government's role -- VISTA's tools, rules, and targets -- III. AmeriCorps -- AmeriCorps's roots and relationships -- AmeriCorps's purpose and government's role -- AmeriCorps's policy tools, rules, and targets -- IV. Conclusion -- Making sense of the past and its lessons for the future.
- Call Number
- JBE 13-943
- ISBN
- 9780815723806 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0815723806 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012045776
- OCLC
- 795759663
- Author
- Bass, Melissa, author.
- Title
- The politics and civics of national service : lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, Vista, and AmeriCorps / Melissa Bass.
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2013]
- Copyright Date
- ©2013
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-294) and index.
- Added Author
- Brookings Institution.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 13-943