Youth Civic Engagement: An Institutional Turn

The papers in this collection were written by an interdisciplinary group to address two main questions: What conditions deter young people's involvement in politics and civic life? What reforms could enhance youth engagement? Most of the contributors met face-to-face in Washington, DC in March 2005 to discuss their papers and the general issue of youth civic engagement. The meeting was funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York through a grant to the Life Cycle Institute at Catholic University of America. CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement) was a partner in planning the
meeting.