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Category : Grants-in-aid
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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American Conservation and Youth Service Corps
Author: American Conservation and Youth Service Corps Act of 1989
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and AlcoholismPublisher:
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Category : Occupational training
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Serve-America, Higher Education Innovative Projects, American Conservation and Youth Service Corps, National and Community Service
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Category : Federal aid to higher education
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Field Hearings on the Youth Service Corps and H.R. 717
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Employment OpportunitiesPublisher:
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Category : National service
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Young Adult Conservation Corps
Author: Young Adult Conservation Corps (U.S.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1790
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1146
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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
Amendments to H.R. 18, the American Conservation Act of 1987
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Employment OpportunitiesPublisher:
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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National Community Service Act of 1989
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human ResourcesPublisher:
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Category : National service
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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