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Renewing Democracy in Young America (Hardcover)
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Renewing Democracy in Young America (Hardcover)
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With a government plagued by systemic ills and deep ideological
divides, democracy, as we know it, is in jeopardy. Yet, ironically,
voter apathy remains prevalent and evidence suggests standard civic
education has done little to instill a sense of civic duty in the
American public. While some are waiting for change to come from
within, trying to influence already polarized voters, or counting
down the days until the "next election," leading child and
adolescent development experts Daniel Hart and James Youniss are
looking to another solution: America's youth. In Renewing Democracy
in Young America, Hart and Youniss examine the widening generation
gap, the concentration of wealth in pockets of the US, and the
polarized political climate, and they arrive at a compelling
solution to some of the most hotly contested issues of our time.
The future of democracy depends on the American people seeing
citizenship as a long-term psychological identity, and thus it is
critical that youth have the opportunity to act as citizens during
the time of their identity formation. Proposing that 16- and
17-year-olds be able to vote in municipal elections and suggesting
that schools create science-based, community-oriented environmental
engagement programs, the authors expound that by engaging youth
through direct citizen-participatory experiences, we can
successfully create active and committed citizens. Political
scientists, media commentators, and citizens alike agree that
democratic processes are broken across the nation, but we cannot
stop at simply showing that our political system is dysfunctional.
Refreshingly lucid and unabashedly hopeful, Renewing Democracy in
Young America is an impeccably timed call to action.
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