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Big citizenship : how pragmatic idealism can bring out the best in America / Alan Khazei.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : PublicAffairs, 2010.Edition: 1st PublicAffairs edDescription: 303 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781586487867
  • 1586487868
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.6
LOC classification:
  • HN 49 K45b 2010
Contents:
The highest office: citizen -- Starting close to home -- Be prepared to give up your shirt -- Boots on the ground -- An "action tank" -- Social entrepreneurs around the world -- Saving AmeriCorps -- Service nation -- A short, spirited special education -- The long campaign for big citizenship and common purpose.
Summary: A social entrepreneur explains how an act of shared national service would greatly benefit the United States, sharing his own experience building national service organizations and offering advice on organizing people and resources for a purpose.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HN 49 K45b 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000093895

The highest office: citizen -- Starting close to home -- Be prepared to give up your shirt -- Boots on the ground -- An "action tank" -- Social entrepreneurs around the world -- Saving AmeriCorps -- Service nation -- A short, spirited special education -- The long campaign for big citizenship and common purpose.

A social entrepreneur explains how an act of shared national service would greatly benefit the United States, sharing his own experience building national service organizations and offering advice on organizing people and resources for a purpose.

Includes biographical references (p. 271-276) and index.

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