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Becoming an Engaged Citizen. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, June 2009, Pages: 128
This text is concerned with how young people develop
their civic attitudes and behaviors toward their
political system. Currently, researchers in social
science are concerned about the potential future of
the American democracy and the decline in the quality
of democratic citizenship as well as political
participation. Theories of deliberative democracy may
help explain why young people are consistently less
interested in political participation and also
provide a heuristic model for improvement. Using
structural equation modeling, this study is to test
whether the relationship between civic education and
political participation is direct or mediated by
discursive variables (i.e., political discussion and
Internet use) and to detect how such a mediating
process might operate. This book is an excellent
resource for readers interested in social studies
education, education for democracy, and youth
political socialization, as well as a welcome
addition to any academic library. It can be also used
as a supplemental textbook for advanced undergraduate
and graduate courses on political communication and
media
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