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041 0 _aEng
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_b2007
100 1 _aSanford, Stefanie
245 1 0 _aCivic life in the information age/
_bpolitics, technology, and generation x
_cStefanie Sanford
260 _aNew York:
_bPalgrave,
_c2007
300 _a237 p.:
_c22 cm.
500 _aOriginally published: 2007. Formerly CIP.
505 0 _aContents: The Problems of Citizenship in the Early 21st Century History's Standard of Good Citizenship Assessing Contemporary Citizenship: The Case for Qualitative Methods Cyber-Democrats and Just-in-Time Social Capital Wireheads as New Minimalists Tech Elites: Bridging Old and New Social Capital Trailing Xers, Rising Millenials and Two Cliches Embracing Flux: Generation X and the New Norms of Social Capital
520 _aDefying the general belief that American citizenship is in decline, Sanford claims that Generation X is actually taking positions of civic leadership and authority as Baby Boomers retire. By exploring traditional instruments of social capital, civic culture and political science, she attempts to make us understand this maligned generation better.
650 0 _aGeneration X
_xPolitical activity
_xUnited States.
650 0 _aCitizenship
_xUnited States.
650 0 _aInternet
_xSocial aspects
_xUnited States.
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