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Building Civic Literacy and Citizen Power presents you with an understanding of civic literacy and an action plan to build your power as a citizen. Authors James D. Chesney and Otto Feinstein's approach is based on more than ten years of classroom and community experience. They hold that all people - even seemingly powerless individuals - can make their voices heard and that speaking out effectively requires combining thought and action.
Each chapter offers the latest in scholarship on building your political power. The authors provide numerous activities for developing effective civic action.
Each chapter offers the latest in scholarship on building your political power. The authors provide numerous activities for developing effective civic action.
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Encouraging students to stand up, express their political opinions, and do something about it, this motivating text provides both an understanding of civic literacy and an action plan which can empower them as citizens by examining what we currently know about the topic and then describing specific activities for progressive civic action.
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This motivating book provides both an understanding of civic literacy and an action plan which can build readers' power as a citizen, examining what we currently know about the topic and then describing specific activities for progressive civic action. Gives readers the knowledge and basic skills they must have to successfully participate in a democratic society and government by helping them master the skills of thought and action necessary for such participation. Details a step-by-step process for developing civic literacy skills for action and thinking. and describes how to create an environment in the college, high school, middle school and adult education institutions where these skills can be practiced and improved. For community groups, government civic agencies, and all those interested in political knowledge and participation.
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- PublisherPrentice Hall
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0133097412
- ISBN 13 9780133097412
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages120
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Prentice Hall, Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A.
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ISBN 13: 9780133097412
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