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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