 Professor
Kent
E. Portney - Quantitative Methods, Public Policy, Political Behavior
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 Acting Civically: From Urban Neighborhoods to Higher Education
Kent E. Portney and Susan Ostrander
Synopsis:
 Civic
engagement, defined as individual and collective action to identify
public issues and participate in public life, has been a hotly
contested subject in recent years. Beginning with a chapter by the
editors that maps current key issues and main research questions,
contributors to this volume counter claims of civic decline to show
how, when, where, and why people act civically in multiple ways in
various settings and contexts. From the local level of urban
neighborhoods to the large scale institutions of health and higher
education, this book documents how Americans actively shape public
concerns. Attentive to matters of race and class, this book will be
of interest to anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of
civic engagement in relation to civil society and politics, and to
its theory and practice. The book is useful in a wide range of
courses including those in Political Science, Sociology, Urban and
Community Studies, Education, American Studies, Race and Ethnic
Studies, and Nonprofit Studies.
Tufts University Press/University Press of New England
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