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Civic literacy : how informed citizens make democracy work / Henry Milner.
Author
Milner, Henry
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Hanover : University Press of New England, ©2002.
Description
ix, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
JF799 .M55 2002
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Political participation
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Civil society
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Civics
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Study and teaching
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Social capital (Sociology)
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Civil society
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Summary note
"How civic literacy underpins effective democracies."--Cover.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-286) and index.
Contents
Civic engagement and social capital. The uses and abuses of social capital ; Civic engagement and political participation ; Political participation and political knowledge
Sources of civic literacy. Civic literacy in comparative context ; Political participation and political institutions ; Civic literacy and political institutions ; Civic literacy and the media
Policy choices promoting civic literacy. Promoting civic literacy through political institutions and the media ; Promoting civic literacy through adult education ; The case of New Zealand
Civic literacy and socioeconomic outcomes. Economic outcomes: combining growth and fair distribution ; Civic literacy and the foundations of the sustainable welfare state in Sweden ; Civic literacy and the sustainable welfare state ; Conclusion: the future of the sustainable welfare state
Appendixes. The CSES questions on political knowledge ; The international adult literacy survey ; The TV dependency scale: data and sources ; A survey of New Zealand candidates.
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ISBN
1584651725 ((cloth))
9781584651727 ((cloth))
1584651733 ((pbk.))
9781584651734 ((pbk.))
1584651989
9781584651987
LCCN
2001004979
OCLC
47803381
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