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From Community Engagement to Political Engagement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2005

William J. Ball
William J. Ball
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The College of New Jersey
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Community engagement through service learning has become well institutionalized in American education, yet there has been considerable debate over its effectiveness, especially with regard to its impact on explicitly political engagement. While participation in community service and volunteerism clearly has a positive impact on the propensity of young people to dedicate themselves to further service, the evidence of the effects of service on political engagement is, at best, mixed.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 287 - 291
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© 2005 by the American Political Science Association

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