Fountain of Youth Strategies and Tactics for

Fountain of Youth examines the tactics and the strategies for youth mobilization. While the central focus of the book is on the role of local political parties in registering and getting young voters to the polls, the editors and contributors examine a broad range of possible and long-term solutions.

Tables and Figures

ix

Preface

xi

Section I Background on Youth Participation in America

The Turned-Off Generation: Fact and Fiction?

3

(18)

Daniel M. Shea

John C. Green

Section II Political Parties and Mobilization of Young Voters

Throwing a Better Party: Local Political Parties and the Youth Vote

21

(28)

John C. Green

Daniel M. Shea

Tales from the Trenches: Party Organizations that Are Connecting with Young Citizens

49

(30)

Daniel M. Shea

John C. Green

Building Youth Party Identification and Revitalizing Democracy

79

(16)

J. Cherie Strachan

Section III Civic Education and Youth Engagement: Past, Present, and Future

Civic Knowledge, Civic Education, and Civic Engagement

95

(20)

William A. Galston

Political Participation and Service Learning: Civic Education as Problem and Solution

115

(14)

Melissa K. Comber

Promoting Diversity in Democracy: Mobilizing the Hip-Hop Generation

129

(12)

Maya Rockeymoore

Mark Rockeymoore

Section IV Nonpartisan Organizations and Turning out the Youth Vote

Youth Political Engagement: Why Rock the Vote Hits the Wrong Note

141

(22)

Michael Hoover

Susan Orr

Mobilizing the Youth Vote in 2004 and Beyond

163

(18)

Heather Smith

Ivan Frishberg

Young Voter Mobilization Projects in 2004

181

(30)

Daniel M. Shea

John C. Green

Section V Conclusion

Faces of the Future

211

(12)

John Kenneth White

References

223

(22)

Index

245

(10)

About the Contributors

255

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Fountain of Youth Strategies and Tactics for Mobilizing America's Young Voters

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