The politics and civics of national service : lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, Vista, and AmeriCorps / / Melissa Bass

• Autore: Bass Melissa
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, [2013]
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (599 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.6; 361.973
• Soggetto topico: National service - United States; Voluntarism - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface. 1. Introduction: National service as public policy for democracy -- 2. Citizenship and the elements of policy design -- Part I. The civilian conservation corps. 3. The CCC's roots and relationships -- 4. The CCC's purpose and government's role -- 5. The CCC's tools, rules, and targets -- II. Volunteers in service to America. 6. VISTA's roots and relationships -- 7. VISTA's purpose and government's role -- 8. VISTA's tools, rules, and targets -- III. AmeriCorps. 9. AmeriCorps's roots and relationships -- 10. AmeriCorps's purpose and government's role -- 11. AmeriCorps's policy tools, rules, and targets -- IV. Conclusion. 12. Making sense of the past and its lessons for the future -- Notes -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics and civics of national service
• ISBN: 1-283-93977-0; 0-8157-2381-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823293103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II