| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 338 pages) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-324) and index. |
| Contents |
Setting the stage. Democratic participation in Canada ; The wellsprings of disengagement -- Political attentiveness. The evolution of political attentiveness : a six-country comparison ; Political attentiveness in Canada : the current landscape ; Political knowledge and Canadian democracy -- Social integration. Community attachments ; Ascendant individualism ; Social integration and political engagement -- Looking back, looking forward. Political culture in the age of adolescence ; Engendering engagement among young Canadians : a holistic approach -- Appendices. Survey design and methodology, Canadian citizen engagement survey 2007-2008 ; Question wording and coding. |
| Summary |
Citizens Adrift is a rich study of the generational decline in political involvement that offers recommendations as to how to stem the erosion of democratic life. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Young adults -- Political activity -- Canada.
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Young adults -- Political activity. |
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Canada. |
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Political participation -- Canada.
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Political participation. |
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Social integration -- Canada.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. |
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Social integration. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Howe, Paul. Citizens adrift. Vancouver : Univ Of Brit Columbia Pr, 2011 077481876X (OCoLC)744332318 |
| ISBN |
077481876X (electronic book) |
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9780774818766 (electronic book) |
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9780774818773 (electronic book) |
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0774818778 (electronic book) |
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1283335697 |
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9781283335690 |
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9780774818759 |
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0774818751 |
| Report No. |
EBC_SU |
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