Higher Education and Civic Engagement Comparative Perspectives

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Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to RMIT University Library - PalgraveConnect - 2016-01-31 10.1057/9781137074829 - Higher Education and Civic Engagement, Edited by Lorraine McIlrath, Ann Lyons and Ronaldo Munck

10.1057/9781137074829 - Higher Education and Civic Engagement, Edited by Lorraine McIlrath, Ann Lyons and Ronaldo Munck

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Higher Education and Civic Engagement

10.1057/9781137074829 - Higher Education and Civic Engagement, Edited by Lorraine McIlrath, Ann Lyons and Ronaldo Munck

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Comparative Perspectives

Edited by Lorraine McIlrath, Ann Lyons, and Ronaldo Munck

10.1057/9781137074829 - Higher Education and Civic Engagement, Edited by Lorraine McIlrath, Ann Lyons and Ronaldo Munck

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Higher Education and Civic Engagement

higher education and civic engagement Copyright © Lorraine McIlrath, Ann Lyons, and Ronaldo Munck 2012.

First published in 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the World, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–0–230–34037–4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Higher education and civic engagement : comparative perspectives / edited by Lorraine McIlrath, Ann Lyons, Ronaldo Munck. p. cm. ISBN 978–0–230–34037–4 1. Service learning—United States. 2. Civics—Study and teaching (Higher)—United States. 3. Education, Higher—Social aspects— United States. 4. Community and college—United States. I. McIlrath, Lorraine. II. Lyons, Ann. III. Munck, Ronaldo. LC220.5.H54 2012 361.3 7—dc23 2012000412 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Integra Software Services First edition: June 2012 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America.

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List of Figures and Tables

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Acknowledgments

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Foreword: Globalizing Civic Engagement Ahmed C. Bawa and Ronaldo Munck

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Introduction Lorraine McIlrath, Ann Lyons, and Ronaldo Munck

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