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The good citizen : how a younger generation is reshaping American politics / Russell J. Dalton, University of California, Irvine.

Title
The good citizen : how a younger generation is reshaping American politics / Russell J. Dalton, University of California, Irvine.
Author
Dalton, Russell J.
Publication
Thousand Oaks, California : CQ Press, an Imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc., [2016]

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Description
xv, 222 pages; 23 cm
Summary
The Good Citizen uses a new 2014 national public opinion survey to describe how Americans' views of what it means to be a good citizen is changing. Contrary to conventional wisdom, younger generations are more politically engaged, are more politically tolerant, are supportive of a more active government, have stronger democratic ideals, and are more supportive of social justice. The young are creating new norms of citizenship that are leading to a renaissance of democratic participation. The new edition of this groundbreaking work will reshape the way we think about the American public, American youth, and the prospects for contemporary democracy. It uses evidence from the 2004 and 2014 General Social Surveys to describe Americans' changing citizenship norms, the emergence of the Millennial Generation, how the Internet is changing participation patterns, and a new statistical primer to help students understand the survey findings.--
Subject
  • Citizenship > United States
  • Voluntarism > United States
  • Youth > Political activity > United States
  • Political culture > United States
  • Citizenship
  • Political culture
  • Voluntarism
  • Youth > Political activity
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781506318028
  • 1506318029
LCCN
^^2015027583
OCLC
  • 907658345
  • SCSB-10566125
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Harvard Library