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Recommended Readings Other Articles in this Issue: Director's Welcome Interview: Fayneese Miller Conference Overview: "Fostering Youth's Civic Engagement and Participation in Free and Democratic Societies" Recommended Readings

Activism 2000 Project www.youthactivism.com Bahmueller, C.(1998). The intellectual problems of teaching democratic citizenship. Journal for a Civil Society, 2 (2). Campus Compact Reader - Service-Learning and Civic Education, www.compact.org Callan, E. (1997). Creating Citizens. Oxford: Claredon Press. Craig, S. C., Bennett, S.E. (eds.). After the Boom: The Politics of Generation X. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. Duerr, K. (1997). It is not democracy that is in crisis, but the attitudes of citizens. Journal for a Civil Society, 1(2) Fogelman, K. (1995) Why is citizenship so important? Citizenship, 4, 19-23. France, A. (1998). Why should we care? Young people, citizenship, and questions of social responsibility. Journal of Youth Studies. 1, 97-111. Hahn, C. (1998). Becoming Political. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press. Haste, H. Torney-Purta, J. (1992) The Development of Political Understanding. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Lerner, R.M. (1995). America's Youth in Crisis: Challenges and options for programs and policies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Miller, F.S., Reyes, X.A., & Shaffer, E. (1997). The contextualism of affirmative action: A historical and political analysis. American Behavioral Scientist, 41, 223-231. Miller, F.S. (2000). Alienation and Hopelessness among Minority Adolescents. Guilford Press. Owen, D., Cutbirth, J. (2000) "The Internet and the Youth Vote: Possibilities, Challenges, and Limitations," paper prepared presentation at Session 1: Communicating the importance of Civic Participation: The Declining American Experience, at the conference, Communicating Politics: Engaging the Public in Campaign 2000 and Beyond, Washington, D.C. Philanthropy News Network Online. http://pnnonline.org Rogers, W. et al (1997) "Worlds Apart: Young people's aspirations in a changing Europe." In Roche, J. and Tucker, S. (Eds) Youth in Society, London: Sage. Robinson, J. P., Shaver, P.R., & Wrightsman, L. S. (1999). Measures of Political Attitudes. San Diego: Academic Press. Sunday Times (1999, 7 February). We need more voters. Sunday Times (South Africa), www.suntimes.co.za. Sunday Times (March 7, 1999). Address by Nelson Mandela at the opening of parliament, Sunday Times (South Africa), www.suntimes.co.za. Taking the Reins Together: Youth/Adult Partnerships (video) Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development, A Division of National 4-H Council, www.fourhcouncil.edu/cyd, e-mail: jefferson@fourthcouncil.edu (various tools showing youth and adults partnerships) Torney-Purta, J., Schville, J., Amadeo, J. (1999). Civic Education Across Countries: Twenty-Four National Case Studies from the IEA Civic Education Project. Amsterdam: IEA and Washington, D.C.: National Council for the Social Studies. Young Americans Choosing Volunteering Over Voting. Philanthropy News Network Online http://pnnonline.org/volunteers/youth1011.adp October 11, 2000 (Full text: http://www.mercurycenter.com/breaking/docs/050597.htm) Youth! The 26% Solution. (How young people can succeed at getting decision-makers to respond to their ideas for change.) www.youthactivism.com. YouthLink (A Global Youth Action Group Network whose goal is to promote greater youth engagement in civic and political activities. It calls upon youth to help draft the National Youth Platform) Very informative site filled with opportunities for youth citizenship, service, civic and political involvement. http://www.youthlink.org Peter Raducha, Executive Director (peter@youthlink.org)