Author: Corporation for National Service (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Guide to the Corporation for National Service
Author: Corporation for National Service (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
A Facilitator's Guide to Effective Citizenship Through AmeriCorps
Author: A Facilitator's Guide for by the People
Author: Peter GovertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : National service
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
AmeriCorps*NCCC Member Handbook
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Volunteer workers in community development
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
AmeriCorps Member Handbook, 1995-96
Author: Corporation for National and Community Service (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National service
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
A Compact for Reading Guide
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Community and school
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
The Politics and Civics of National Service
Author: Melissa BassPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0815723814
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program—the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind—nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's natural resources. It demonstrated what citizens and government could accomplish together. Yet despite its success, the CCC was short lived. While more controversial programs such as President Johnson's Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and President Clinton's AmeriCorps survived, why did CCC die? And why—given the hard-won continuation and expansion of AmeriCorps—is national service an option for fewer Americans today than at its start nearly eighty years ago? In The Politics and Civics of National Service, Melissa Bass focuses on the history, current relevance, and impact of domestic civilian national service. She explains why such service has yet to be deeply institutionalized in the United States; while military and higher education have solidified their roles as American institutions, civilian national service is still not recognized as a long-term policy option. Bass argues that only by examining these programs over time can we understand national service's successes and limitations, both in terms of its political support and its civics lessons. The Politics and Civics of National Service furthers our understanding of American political development by comparing programs founded during three distinct political eras—the New Deal, theGreat Society, and the early Clinton years—and tracing them over time. To a remarkable extent, the CCC, VISTA, and AmeriCorps reflect the policymaking ethos and political controversies of their times, illuminating principles that hold well beyond the field of national service. By emphasizing these programs' effects on citizenship and civic engagement, The Politics and Civics of National Ser
Corporation for National and Community Service
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : National service
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Examining the Corporation for National and Community Service and Its Failed Oversight of Taxpayer Dollars
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grants-in-aid
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Handbook for Continuous Improvement
Author: Corporation for National Service (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National service
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description