The Politics and Civics of National Service: Lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, VISTA, and AmeriCorps
Автор:Melissa Bass Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 260 ISBN: 0815723806 In 1933 Franklin Roosevelt created America's first, largest, and most highly esteemed domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps. As part of the CCC, Americans worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's natural resources. Despite its success, the CCC was short lived. Why did this program die while later, more controversial national service programs, such as Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and AmeriCorps, survive? And why ?given the hardwon continuation and expansion of AmeriCorps ?is national service less available as an option today than it was in 1933?In Politics and Civics of National Service, Melissa Bass focuses on the history, current relevance, and impact of domestic national service. She argues that only by examining programs over time can we understand national service's successes and limitations, both in terms of its political support and its civic lessons. Based on extensive archival and documentary research, supplemented with...
