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Contents
Preface
I. Historical Overview of National Service
Editor’s Introduction
1.Cracking the Atom of Civic Power. Harris Wofford. National Civic Review
2.The Volunteering Decision. Paul C. Light. Brookings Review
3.New Directions: Service and the Bush Administration’s Civic Agenda. John
M. Bridgeland, Stephen Goldsmith, and Leslie Lenkowsky. Brookings Review
4.Suddenly Serviceable. Richard Just. The American Prospect
5.Volunteerism and Legislation: A Guidance Note. Inter-Parliamentary
Union, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,
and United Nations Volunteers
II. Military Service and Conscription
Editor’s Introduction
1.Rumors About a Draft Are False. Donald H. Rumsfeld. U.S. Department of
Defense Web site (www.defenselink.mil)
2.Bring Back the Draft. Charles B. Rangel. The New York Times
3.The Case for the Draft. Phillip Carter and Paul Glastris. The Washington
Monthly
4.An Army of the Willing. Richard A. Posner. The New Republic
5.Schroder to End Conscription in Push for EU Rapid Reaction Force. Tony
Paterson. The Sunday Telegraph (London)
III. Youth and the Draft
Editor’s Introduction
1.Considering the Draft. Max Friedman. Winston-Salem Journal
2.Well, No, They Won’t Go. John Cook. Chicago Tribune
3.Young People Fear Return of Military Draft. Marian Gail Brown.
Connecticut Post
4.Teens Frown on National Service Requirement. Dennis Welch. Gallup Poll
Tuesday Briefing
IV. Community Service Programs
Editor’s Introduction
1.Desire to Serve Stays for AmeriCorps Alums—Study: Members of Program
Likely to Have More Civic Responsibility. David Tarrant. The Dallas
Morning News
2.AmeriCorps Steps Up, Digs In. Ken Leiser. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
3.Peace Corps Finds Renewed Passion in Volunteerism. John Faherty. The
Arizona Republic
4.How UN Volunteer System Assists Kenya. Peter Mwaura. Daily Nation
5.Do the Nation a Service. John McCain. Newsweek
6.Denial of Service. Julian Sanchez. Reason
7.Muting the Call to Service. Dave Eggers. The New York Times
V. Mandatory Universal National Service
Editor’s Introduction
1.Monterey Bay Campus Is a Role Model. Eric Slater. Los Angeles Times
2.Kids with a Cause. Cathy Gulli. Maclean’s
3.Uncle Sam Wants You. Alan Khazei and Michael Brown. The Boston Globe
4.September 11, 2001: The Case for Universal Service. Robert E. Litan.
Brookings Review
5.A Bad Idea Whose Time Is Past: The Case Against Universal Service. Bruce
Chapman. Brookings Review
6.Doing Disservice. Drake Bennett. The American Prospect
7.A Nation of Servants: Defining Public Service for the Twenty-first
Century. Alan W. Dowd. World and I
Appendix
Statement Upon Signing Order Establishing the Peace Corps (Executive Order
10924). President John F. Kennedy
National Service Timeline. Corporation for National & Community Service
Bibliography
Books
Web Sites
Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts
Index
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