Nurturing Civic Lives: Developmental Perspectives on Civic Education--Introduction

Part of a special section on developmental perspectives on civic education. This special section is the byproduct of an APSA Task Force on Civic Education project to bring together scholars from political science and psychology with a common interest in "youth civic development." The papers originated at a meeting, hosted by the McHugh Family Endowment in March 2001 at Colorado College's Baca Grande Campus, which aimed to forge working links among political scientists and developmental psychologists with the aim of targeting research and practice to enhance the quality and effectiveness of civic education and engagement. Details of the issues explored in the papers in this section are provided.