Civic Engagement in a Network Society

Civic Engagement in a Network Society
ISBN-10
1607525771
ISBN-13
9781607525776
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
333
Language
English
Published
2008-04-01
Publisher
IAP
Authors
Kaifeng Yang, Erik Bergrud

Description

The Pew Charitable Trusts defines civic engagement as “Individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern. Civic engagement can take many forms, from individual volunteerism to organizational involvement to electoral participation. It can include efforts to directly address an issue, work with others in a community to solve a problem or interact with the institutions of representative democracy. Civic engagement encompasses a range of activities such as working in a soup kitchen, serving on a neighborhood association, writing a letter to an elected official or voting.”

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