1st Edition
The Unmaking of American Citizenship How Americans Learned Not to Love Their Country and What Can Be Done About It
120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the ideologies and educational and cultural trends that have alienated Americans from their own country and offers a guide to the restoration of American citizenship. The authors examine the genealogy of ideologies that are leading to a decline in American citizenship, illuminate educational and historical trends in both K-12 learning and higher education, and offer an... Read more
1. The Decline of Citizenship
2. Uncivic Education
3. Why Americans Don’t Like Their Government
4. The Ironies of Immigration
5. Politics Without Citizens
6. Can American Citizenship Be Remade
Biography
Benjamin Ginsberg is the David Bernstein Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University and Chair of the Hopkins Center for Data Analytics, Policy and Government.
Dorothea Israel Wolfson is the Managing Director of the Hertog Foundation in Washington, D.C.
