The readings I’d like to share are some that I have used for writing my blog post on “Civic engagement – defined and redefined”, and some others I wanted to use but didn’t get to…
Readings from political science and education relevant to thinking about new forms of civic engagement:
Dalton, R.J. (2008). The good citizen: How a younger generation is reshaping American politics. Washington, DC: CQ Press.
Shea, D.M., & Green, J.C. (2007). The turned-off generation: Fact and fiction. In D.M. Shea and J.C. Green (Eds.), Fountain of youth: Strategies and tactics for mobilizing America’s young voters (pp. 1-18). Plymouth, UK: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Colby, A. (2008). The place of political learning in college. Association of American colleges and universities, Spring / summer, 4-12.
Owen, D. (2008, September). Political socialization in the twenty-first century: Recommendations for researchers. Paper presented at the Future of Civic Education in the 21st Century conference, Montpelier, VT. Electronic copy retrieved from http://www.civiced.org/pdfs/GermanAmericanConf2009/DianaOwen_2009.pdf
On the “scissor effect” : the claim that volunteering comes in place of political participation: Longo, N. (2004). The new student politics: Listening to the political voice of students. The Journal of Public Affairs 7(1), 1-14.
Data about young people’s volunteering and political engagement:
Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA (2009). The American Freshman: National norms for 2008. Los Angeles, CA. Available: http://www.heri.ucla.edu/publications-brp.php
Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, see http://www.civicyouth.org/
The MacArthur Series on Civic Engagement – a key source for many of the issues we’re discussing, with a foreword by Henry Jenkins, Mimi Ito and others.
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