The evolving citizen : American youth and the changing norms of democratic engagement /

Examines, through an analysis of seven high school newspapers, the evolution of civic and political participation among young people in the United States since 1965.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Childers, Jay P., 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2012]
Series:Rhetoric and democratic deliberation.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • American youth: who they are and why they matter
  • American high school: teenagers and scholastic journalism
  • Dislocated cosmopolitans
  • Removed volunteers
  • Protective critics
  • Independent joiners
  • American evolution, democratic engagement, and civic education.