Citizenship Now (A Longman Topics Reader)
Published on 16. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-321-11767-0 (ISBN)
Description
Part of the "Longman Topics" reader series, Citizenship Now examines the meaning of citizenship in our changing society and encourages student participation in revitalizing our communities>.
This brief collection of readings focuses on the crucial role of the citizen in the democratic process. Thought-provoking selections ask students to think about timely and relevant issues: civil liberties vs. increased national security; consumerist values and environmental responsibility; immigration and the need for educational reform. Divided into five chapters, each features six or seven essays of varying lengths. Brief apparatus helps students write more thoughtfully in response to the selections and think more critically about their roles as citizens.
"Longman Topics" are brief, attractive readers on a single complex, but compelling topic. Featuring about 30 full-length selections, these volumes are generally half the size and half the cost of standard composition readers.
This brief collection of readings focuses on the crucial role of the citizen in the democratic process. Thought-provoking selections ask students to think about timely and relevant issues: civil liberties vs. increased national security; consumerist values and environmental responsibility; immigration and the need for educational reform. Divided into five chapters, each features six or seven essays of varying lengths. Brief apparatus helps students write more thoughtfully in response to the selections and think more critically about their roles as citizens.
"Longman Topics" are brief, attractive readers on a single complex, but compelling topic. Featuring about 30 full-length selections, these volumes are generally half the size and half the cost of standard composition readers.
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Content
1. Citizenship and Diversity
Lewis Lapham, "Who and What Is American."
Anna Quindlen, " A Quilt of a Country: Out of Many, One."
Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream."
Linda Chavez, "Hispanics and the American Dream."
Robert D. King, "Should English Be the Law."
Andrew Pham, "Viet Kieu."
2. Education and Citizenship
Linda Darling-Hammond, "Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education."
bell hooks, "Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education."
E. D. Hirsch, Jr., "The Common School and The Common Good."
Deborah Meier, "Educating a Democracy."
Robert Coles, "Community Service."
3. Citizenship and Civil Liberties
Alan Dershowitz, "Rights as a Check on Democracy."
Charles R. Lawrence III, "On Racist Speech."
Sallie Tisdale, "The Myth of Social Consensus."
Amitai Etzioni, "Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You)."
Richard A. Posner, "Security versus Civil Liberties
Nadine Strossen, "Protecting Dr. King's Legacy: Justice and Liberty in the Wake of September 11th."
4. The Media and the Citizen
Anthony Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson, "Pictures in Our Heads."
Patricia Williams, "Hate Radio."
Cathleen A. Cleaver, "The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger."
Jeffrey Scheuer, "Media, Literacy, and Democratic Citizenship."
David Barsamian, ""Independent Media Alternatives."
Howard Rheingold, "Rethinking Virtual Communities."
5. The Public Citizen.
Cornel West, "The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society."
Charles Derber, "Civic Responsibility."
Barbra Streisand, "The Artist as Citizen."
Cleve Jones and Jeff Dawson, "A Vision of the Quilt."
Suzanne Pharr, "A Match Made in Heaven."
Lani Guinier, "The Tyranny of the Majority."
Lewis Lapham, "Who and What Is American."
Anna Quindlen, " A Quilt of a Country: Out of Many, One."
Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream."
Linda Chavez, "Hispanics and the American Dream."
Robert D. King, "Should English Be the Law."
Andrew Pham, "Viet Kieu."
2. Education and Citizenship
Linda Darling-Hammond, "Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education."
bell hooks, "Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education."
E. D. Hirsch, Jr., "The Common School and The Common Good."
Deborah Meier, "Educating a Democracy."
Robert Coles, "Community Service."
3. Citizenship and Civil Liberties
Alan Dershowitz, "Rights as a Check on Democracy."
Charles R. Lawrence III, "On Racist Speech."
Sallie Tisdale, "The Myth of Social Consensus."
Amitai Etzioni, "Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You)."
Richard A. Posner, "Security versus Civil Liberties
Nadine Strossen, "Protecting Dr. King's Legacy: Justice and Liberty in the Wake of September 11th."
4. The Media and the Citizen
Anthony Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson, "Pictures in Our Heads."
Patricia Williams, "Hate Radio."
Cathleen A. Cleaver, "The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger."
Jeffrey Scheuer, "Media, Literacy, and Democratic Citizenship."
David Barsamian, ""Independent Media Alternatives."
Howard Rheingold, "Rethinking Virtual Communities."
5. The Public Citizen.
Cornel West, "The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society."
Charles Derber, "Civic Responsibility."
Barbra Streisand, "The Artist as Citizen."
Cleve Jones and Jeff Dawson, "A Vision of the Quilt."
Suzanne Pharr, "A Match Made in Heaven."
Lani Guinier, "The Tyranny of the Majority."