Civic service worldwide : impacts and inquiry / edited by Amanda Moore McBride and Michael Sherraden ; foreword by Amitai Etzioni. - xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Building knowledge on civic service worldwide / Amanda Moore McBride and Michael Sherraden -- From military service to civic service: the evolution of national youth service / Donald J. Eberly and Reuven Gal -- The effects of national service in Africa, with a focus on Nigeria / Ebenezer Obadare -- Toward universal national youth service in Israel: possible social capital effects / Nicole Fleischer and Reuven Gal -- The effects of national service in the United States: a research synthesis / James L. Perry and Ann Marie Thomson -- Civic service among youth in Chile, Denmark, England, and the United States: a psychological perspective / Judith Torney-Purta, Jo-Ann Amadeo, and Wendy Klandl Richardson -- The potential effects of service-learning and community service in educational settings in Latin America / Marķa Nieves Tapia -- Youth service and elder service in comparative perspective / Nancy Morrow-Howell and Fengyan Tang -- International civic service: a step toward cooperation in a global world / Margaret Sherrard Sherraden -- Social psychological theory and the potential for intergroup and ethnonational cooperation in civic service programs / Ronald Pitner -- Civic service across nations and cultures: the range of effects and ways to study them / Justin Davis Smith and Angela Ellis Paine -- Directions in civic service scholarship: an institutional perspective / Amanda Moore McBride and Michael Sherraden, with Natasha Menon.

9780765616401 0765616408 (cloth : alk. paper)

2006012759

GBA699290 bnb

013608556 Uk


Labor service.
National service.
Young volunteers in community development.

HD4869 / .C58 2007

361.26