Taking back the vote : getting American youth involved in our democracy /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Beacon Press,
[2004]
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| Edition: | [1st pbk. ed.]. |
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Table of Contents:
- No longer spectators : the future is in their hands
- Jennings Randolph's obsession : why one man worked for nearly thirty years to secure the right to vote for eighteen-year-olds
- "An unexpected coming of age" : why so many young Americans voted in 1972, even when the outcome of the election was never in doubt
- Knock the vote : why young people don't vote today, and why the political establishment wants it that way
- The service gap : why so many young people think community service is more effective than voting; which is a shame, because it isn't
- "Hating politics is cool" : why young people know so little about government, and why that matters
- Virgin voters : what will it take to get young people engaged?.