Civic education and youth political participation
By: [edited by] Murray Print, Henry Milner
Series: Civic and political education -- 1; Civic and political education -- 1
Publisher: Sense Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rotterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9789460910241; 9789460910234; 9789460910258
Subjects: Youth; Civics; Congresses; Political participation; Political activity
Description: Examines research into issues about the engagement of young people in politics and democracy and examines research on civic education applications and programs which may address concerns about youth political participation.--From publisher description.
Notes: Rev. version of papers presented at a workshop held June 2008, Montreal, Canada.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Democracy, models of citizenship and civic education  -- Brenda O'Neill; title: Is civic education the answer? : the futile search for policy solutions to youth political apathy in Canada  -- J. P. Lewis; title: Voting assistance applications as tools to increase political participation and improve civic education  -- Andreas Ladner, Jan Fivaz and Giorgio Nadig; title: Attitudes toward citizenship and political participation underlying approaches to civic education : a comparative analysis  -- Vincent Tournier; title: Citizenship education and political interest : is there a connection?  -- Ellen Claes and Marc Hooghe; title: World pattern for civic education : from the IEA Civic Education Study to the IDEA CIVICED Database Project  -- Henry Milner, Chi Nguyen and Frances Boylston; title: Connecting youth political participation and civic education in schools  -- Murray Print; title: Children's understandings of democratic participation lessons for civic education  -- Alan Sears; title: Developing citizens : the impact of civic learning opportunities on students' commitment to civic participation  -- Joe Kahne and Susan Sporte; title: Does civic education boost turnout? : a natural experiment -- Henry Milner.