Civic engagement has been defined as "Individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern."[1]
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Forms
Civic engagement can take many forms— from individual volunteerism to organizational involvement to electoral participation. It can include efforts to directly address an issue, work with others in a community to solve a problem or interact with the institutions of representative democracy.
"Youth civic engagement" has identical aims, only with consideration for youth ice.
Activities
In a study published by CIRCLE, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts divided into 3 categories: civic, electoral, and political voice.[2]
| Measures of Civic Engagement[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic | Electoral | Political Voice | |||
| Community problem solving | Regular voting | Contacting officials | |||
| Regular volunteering for a non-electoral organization | Persuading others to vote | Contacting the print media | |||
| Active membership in a group or association | Displaying buttons, signs, stickers | Contacting the broadcast media | |||
| Participation in fund-raising run/walk/ride | Campaign contributions | Protesting | |||
| Other fund-raising for charity | Volunteering for candidate or political organizations | Email petitions | |||
| Written petitions | |||||
| Boycotting | |||||
| Buycotting | |||||
| Canvassing | |||||
See also
- Community building
- Community development
- Civic courage
- Civic virtue
- Civics
- Civil society
- Service-learning
- Social capital
- Youth empowerment
References
- ^ "Civic engagement", American Psychological Association. Retrieved 11/26/07.
- ^ a b Ketter, S., Zukin, C., Andolina, M., and Jenkins, K. (2002) "The Civic and Political Health of a Nation: A Generational Portrait" CIRCLE and The Pew Charitable Trusts.
External links
- Center for Civic Engagement at University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
- Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship & Public Service, Tufts University
- Northumberland Civic Engagement
- Civic Engagement Center at Central Washington University
- WHYY Civic Engagement Project
- Penn Project for Civic Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
- The Center for Future Civic Media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.
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