Civic engagement and the baby boomer generation
Subtitle: research, policy, and practice perspectives
By: Laura B. Wilson, Sharon P. Simson, editors.
Contributors: Wilson, Laura B.; Simson, Sharon.
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780789005519; 9780789005786
Subjects: Social participation -- United States.; Baby boom generation -- United States.; Baby boom generation -- Retirement -- United States.; Older volunteers -- United States.; Older people -- Education (Continuing education) -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Civic engagement in the United States / William A. Galston, Mark H. Lopez; title: Social capital and civic engagement of individuals over age fifty in the United States / Thomas H. Sander, Robert D. Putnam; title: Civic engagement and national service : results from Senior Corps evaluations / Priyanthi Silva, Cynthia Thomas; title: Expanding youth service concepts for older adults : AmeriCorps results / Karen S. Harlow-Rosentraub, Laura B. Wilson, Jack Steele; title: Civic engagement and lifelong learning institutes : current status and future directions / Sharon P. Simson, Laura B. Wilson, Karen Harlow-Rosentraub; title: Legacy leadership institutes : combining lifelong learning with civic engagement / Laura B. Wilson ... [et al.]; title: An international application of lifelong learning and civic engagement / Ben H. Slijkhuis, Joke M. Zwart; title: Intergenerational relationships and civic engagement / Sally Newman; title: Defining the relationships between civic engagement and leadership in later life / Tracey T. Manning; title: Research issues in civic engagement : outcomes of a national agenda-setting meeting / Laura B. Wilson, David B. Rymph; title: Issues in elder service and volunteerism worldwide : toward a research agenda / Jim Hinterlong ... [et al.]; title: Civic engagement research, policy, and practice priority areas : future perspectives on the baby boomer generation / Laura B. Wilson, Sharon P. Simson.