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United We Serve National Service and the Future of Citizenship

Bureaucracy, Executive Branch, Civil Society

E.J. Dionne Jr., Kayla Meltzer Drogosz and Robert E. Litan, eds., Brookings Institution Press 2003 c. 300pp.

1. United We Serve? The Promise of National Service by E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Kayla Meltzer Drogosz

PART ONE: HOW SEPTEMBER 11 CHANGED US

2. Bowling Together by Robert D. Putnam

3. Will September 11 Revitalize Civic Democracy by Theda Skocpol

4. Patriotism-Lite Meets the Citizen-Soldier by Charles Moskos

PART TWO: POLITICS OF THE SERVICE DEBATE

5. The Politics of Service by Harris Wofford

6. Service and the Bush Administration's Civic Agenda by John M. Bridgeland, Stephen Goldsmith, and Leslie Lenkowsky

7. Patriotism Means Reaching beyond Our Self-Interest by John McCain

8. The Duties of Democracy by William J. Clinton

9. Thinking Bigger about Citizenship by Will Marshall and Marc Magee

10. Solving Problems through Service: Labor and National Service by Andrew L. Stern

11. Doing Well and Doing Good: The Business Community and National Service by Jeff Swartz

12. Flying Colors: Americans after September 11 by David Winston

13. A New Greatest Generation? by Peter D. Hart and Mario A. Brossard

PART THREE: UNIVERSAL SERVICE?

14. The Obligations of September 11, 2001: The Case for Universal Service

15. A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Passed: The Case Against Universal Service by Bruce Chapman

16. A Solution in Search of a Problem by Michael Lind

17. In Power, but Not in Peril by Mark Shields

18. Bring Back the Draft by Charles B. Rangel

19. Dodgy Drafters by Caspar W. Weinberger

20. Degraded into a Trade by John Lehman

21. Military Service and the Middle Class: A Letter to My Sons by Stephen Hess

PART FOUR: EXPERIENCES OF SERVICE

22. The American Military and Idea of Service by Louis Caldera

23. Empowering Communities: The Gift of the Civil Rights Movement by Charles Cobb Jr.

24. Is the Era of Recreational Government Bashing Over? by Alice M. Rivlin

25. Service in the Pursuit of Social Justice by Daniel Blumenthal

26. Profits through Principles by Robert D. Haas

27. A New Citizenship for a New Century by Alan Khazei

28. First Vote by Jane Eisner

PART FIVE: SERVICE AND THE CHALLENGES OF CIVIC PARTICIPATION

29. Can Civic Knowledge Motivate the Next Generation? by William Galston

Comment: Learning Service at Ground Zero by Mason Anderson and Kayla Meltzer Drogosz

30. Service and the State: Should We Politicize Social Bonds? by Tod Lindberg

31. Civic Innovation and Public Policy for Democracy by Carmen Sirianni

32. The Volunteering Decision: What Prompts It? What Sustains It? by Paul C. Light

PART SIX: SERVING GOD AND COUNTRY

33. Civil Society, Religion, and the Formation of Citizens by Jean Bethke Elshtain

34. The Impact of Religious Involvement on Civic Life by Robert Wuthnow

35. Challenging America's Faithful by Steven Waldman

PART SEVEN: MAKING GOOD CITIZENS

36. Citizenship without Politics? A Critique of Pure Service by Kayla Meltzer Drogosz

37. Public Work and the Dignity of Politics by Harry C. Boyte

38. How People Learn to Be Civic by Michael Schudson

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