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Abstract
"Any searching look at the theory and practice of citizenship in the United States today is bewildering and disconcerting. Despite earnest concern for participation, access, and "leverage," there is a widespread perception that nothing citizens do has much meaning or influence. This book argues that for American democracy to work in the twenty-first century, renewed interest in teaching the nation's young citizens a sense of the public good is imperative.All of the nation's founders, especially Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, and Madison, addressed the question of whether and how a citizen can make a difference in the American political process. This concern harkens back even farther, to Locke, Erasmus, and Aristotle. Today, one obstacle to good citizenship is the social scientific turn in political science. Leaders in civic education in the twentieth century eschewed grand ideas and moral principles in favour of a focus on behaviourism and competitive, liberal politics. Another problem is the growing belief that the government has no business promoting the public good through the support of religious, educational, or cultural efforts.Ralph Ketcham vividly depicts the relationship of private self-interest and public-spirited action as these pertain to citizenship and good government. This is an enlightening book for the general reader, as well as for students, professional social scientists, and political philosophers."--Provided by publisher.
chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Premodern Ideas of Good Government and Citizenship -- chapter 3 Citizenship and Moral Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century -- chapter 4 Political Science, the Reconstruction of Citizenship, and the Nature of Government in the Twentieth Century -- chapter 5 Counterpoints to Conflict-of-Interest Politics and to Minimal Citizenship -- chapter 6 Citizenship, the "Influence of Norms," and the Public Good -- chapter 7 Public-Spirited Citizenship.
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