Rev. version of papers presented at a workshop held June 2008, Montreal, Canada.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preliminary Material / Murray Print and Henry Milner -- Democracy, Models of Citizenship and Civic Education / Brenda O’Neill -- Is Civic Education the Answer? / J.P. Lewis -- Voting Assistance Applications as Tools to Increase Political Participation and Improve Civic Education / Andreas Ladner , Jan Fivaz and Giorgio Nadig -- Attitudes Toward Citizenship and Political Participation Underlying Approaches to Civic Education / Vincent Tournier -- Citizenship Education and Political Interest / Ellen Claes and Marc Hooghe -- A World Pattern for Civic Education / Henry Milner , Chi Nguyen and Frances Boylston -- Connecting Youth Political Participation and Civic Education in Schools / Murray Print -- Children’s Understandings of Democratic Participation: Lessons for Civic Education / Alan Sears -- Developing Citizens / Joseph Kahne and Susan Sporte -- Does Civic Education Boost Turnout? / Henry Milner -- Civic Education Bios / Murray Print and Henry Milner.

Why does it appear that many young people are disengaging from democracy and political participation? For many governments, politicians, academics, social commentators and researchers this is a serious and challenging problem. Consequently widespread interest exists on how to engage young people in politics and democracy. Civic education has re-emerged as a possible answer to this question, though not necessarily in the form in which it may be currently known. This book examines research into issues about the engagement of young people in politics and democracy and examines research on civic education applications and programs which may address concerns about youth political participation. Murray Print and Henry Milner are professors from the University of Sydney and the Universite de Montreal respectively. They have brought together a group of leading researchers exploring the relationship between political participation and civic education to examine this relationship in greater depth.