pt. 1. Are youth the problem or the solution? -- To not fade away: restoring civil identity among the young / William Damon -- The youth challenge: participating in Democracy / Alison Byrne Fields -- Will youth rejuvenate the patterns of political participation? / Siyka Kovacheva. pt. 2. The decline in electoral participation -- Electoral turnout: the new generation gap / Martin P. Wattenberg -- Youth turnout in Europe / Eva Anduiza -- The young vote: engaging America's youth in the 2008 elections and beyond / Cali Carlin. pt. 3. Participation beyond elections -- Youth and participation beyond elections / Russell J. Dalton -- Millennials are involved locally with others but are ambivalent about formal politics / Abby Kiesa [and others] -- The Internet and youth political participation / Mark E. Kann [and others] -- the market as an arena for transnational politics / Michele Micheletti and Dietlind Stolle. pt. 4. Inequality among youth -- Youth at risk for non-participation / James G. Gimpel and J. Celeste Lay -- Civic engagement and the disadvantaged: challenges, opportunities and recommendations / James B. Hyman and Peter Levine -- Gender and civic engagement: secondary analysis of survey data / Krista Jenkins. pt. 5. Reforms to increase youth activism -- Building a better citizen / David Villano -- Civic learning in school / Peter Levine -- Youth civic engagement in Canada: implications for public policy / Dietlind Stolle and Cesi Cruz -- Appendix: The UK Youth Parliament Manifesto.
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