Educating democratic citizens in troubled times: qualitative studies of current efforts

Foreword / Walter C. Parker

Introduction : studying citizenship education in troubled times / Judith L. Pace and Janet S. Bixby

Teaching for citizenship in 12th grade government classes / Judith L. Pace

Connecting diversity, justice, and democratic citizenship : lessons from an alternative U.S. history class / Anand R. Marri

Urban youth and the construction of racialized and classed political identities / Kysa Nygreen

Service-learning as a promising approach to high school civic engagement / Susan Root and Shelley H. Billig

Democracy's practice grounds : the role of school governance in citizenship education / Richard Battistoni

Civic development in context : the influence of local contexts on high school students' beliefs about civic engagement / Ellen Middaugh and Joseph Kahne

Examining the treatment of 9/11 and terrorism in high school textbooks / Diana Hess, Jeremy Stoddard, and Shannon Murto

Engaging urban youth in civic practice : community-based youth organizations as alternative sites for democratic education / Jennifer O'Donoghue and Ben Kirshner

To think, live, and breathe politics : experiencing democratic citizenship in Chicago / Janet S. Bixby

Epilogue: Citizenship education in diverse settings : findings, tensions, and future research / Judith L. Pace.