Handbook of research on civic engagement in youth
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Engaging youth in civic life has become a central concern to a broad array of researchers in a variety of academic fields as well to policy makers and practitioners globally.
Engaging youth in civic life has become a central concern to a broad array of researchers in a variety of academic fields as well to policy makers and practitioners globally. This book is both international and multidisciplinary, consisting of three sections that respectively co…
"There are certain kinds of people who garner enormous satisfaction from successfully taking on a "mission impossible" and, by so doing, actually manage to change the world, sometimes in surprising ways. Such individuals are rare, and when we become aware of them and their aston…
Igniting civic progress -- Innovation as catalytic ingredient -- Open sourcing social innovation -- Trading good deeds for measurable results -- Animating and trusting the citizen -- Turning risk into reward -- The fertile community.
This seminal book provides tools for civic entrepreneurs to create healthier communities and promote innovative solutions to public and social problems. It shows how to effectively tackle the intractable issues facing our country and world by exploring new ways to collaborate ac…
This book provides tools for civic entrepreneurs to create healthier communities & promote innovative solutions to public & social problems. It shows how to effectively tackle the intractable issues facing our country & world by exploring new ways to collaborate across sectors &…
"Packed with indelible portraits of individual artist, informed by Swenson's encyclopedic knowledge of the city's unique and varied music scene--which includes jazz, R & B, brass band, rock, and hip hop--New Atlantis is a stirring chronicle of the valiant efforts to preserve the…
In a revelatory study of Philadelphia's Germantown Avenue, home to a diverse array of more than 90 congregations, Katie Day explores the formative and multifaceted role of religious congregations within an urban environment.