The Evolving Citizen: American Youth and the Changing Norms of Democratic Engagement
Jay P. Childers, "The Evolving Citizen: American Youth and the Changing Norms of Democratic Engagement "
English | ISBN: 0271054115 | 2012 | 232 pages | PDF | 6 MB
English | ISBN: 0271054115 | 2012 | 232 pages | PDF | 6 MB
It has become a common complaint among academics and community leaders that citizens today are not what they used to be. Nowhere is this decline seen to be more troubling than when the focus is on young Americans. Compared to the youth of past generations, today’s young adults, so the story goes, spend too much time watching television, playing video games, and surfing the Internet. As a result, American democracy is in trouble.
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