This book explores four interrelated themes: rethinking civic education in light of the diversity of U.S. society; re-examining these notions in an increasingly interconnected global context; re-considering the ways that civic education is researched and practiced; and taking stock of where we are currently through use of an historical understanding of civic education.

This book explores four interrelated themes: rethinking civic education in light of the diversity of U.S. society, re-examining these notions in an increasingly interconnected global context, re-considering the ways that civic education is researched and

"Each of the 12 chapters in this text will leave practitioners, researches, curriculum designers, and anyone else interested in the future of citizenship education rethinking their understanding of the intersection of theory and practice?This book would be useful to reflective practitioners engaged in citizenship education as a research interest, and policy makers who are concerned with revitalizing civic education programs."--James Carpenter, Theory & Research in Social Education (Winter 2009): 144-148