Taking back the vote : getting American youth involved in our democracy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eisner, Jane
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2004]
Edition:[1st pbk. ed.].
Subjects:
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?.