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Book SynopsisThe United States has a long history of citizens rendering service to their communities. Examples of government-sponsored voluntary service organizations include the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Peace Corps, and Volunteers in Service to America. This title presents a study of how service shapes the lives of young people.
Trade ReviewWho benefits from AmeriCorps, Vista, and National Civilian Community Corps? Frumkin and Jastrzab make important recommendations on how to improve the programs and resolve some of the political and administrative issues which have plagued those initiatives in the past two decades. -- James Youniss, Catholic University of America
Serving Country and Community is the most definitive effort to date to understand and evaluate the impact of national and community service on individual participants and local communities. Through rigorous research and a very accessible style, the authors have produced a highly informative, timely, and important book with broad implications for future policy, practice, and research. -- Steven R. Smith, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Table of Contents* Acknowledgments * Visions of National Service * The Evolution of National Service * The Shape of National Service Today * Civic Engagement * Personal Growth * Social Capital * Public Work * The Institutional Politics of National Service * New Directions for National Service * Appendices * Notes * Bibliography * Index
