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Civic life in the information age

Title: Civic life in the information age / Stefanie Sanford.
Author: Sanford, Stefanie.
Publication: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

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Description

xiv, 216 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"This book challenges the current consensus that American civic life is in decline. Where much of the talk surrounding civic participation and social capital focuses on younger generations' rejection of traditional institutions, this work examines new means of participation and association, fostered by technology and animated by a younger generation just now stepping into positions of leadership. As Millennials rise and Baby Boomers retire, the frequently maligned generation in between - Generation X - is beginning to leave its unique stamp on our social, political, and economic spheres. That stamp, this book argues, has implications for civic life and social policy over the coming decades."--Jacket.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-207) and index.

Contents

The problems of citizenship in the early twenty-first century -- History's standards of good citizenship -- Assessing contemporary citizenship: the case for qualitative methods -- Cyber-Democrats and just-in-time social capital -- Wireheads as new minimalists: "I gave at the office" -- Tech elites: bridging old and new social capital -- Trailing Xers, rising Millennials, and two cliches -- Embracing and surfing social change: generation X and new norms of civic life and social capital -- Closing thoughts.

ISBN

1403976341
9781403976345

LCCN

2006048318

OCLC

ocm70335394
70335394
SCSB-1435001

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Princeton University Library