Citizenship Now (A Longman Topics Reader) Book

	Rhetorical Contents	vii
	Preface	xi
Chapter 1	Citizenship and Diversity	1
	Who and What Is American?	3
	A Quilt of a Country: Out of Many, One?	15
	I Have a Dream	19
	Hispanics and the American Dream	24
	Should English Be the Law?	30
	Viet-Kieu	38
	Extending the Theme	46
Chapter 2	Education and Citizenship	49
	Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education	51
	Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education	60
	The Common School and The Common Good	70
	Educating a Democracy	79
	Community Service	93
	Extending the Theme	101
Chapter 3	Citizenship and Civil Liberties	103
	Rights as a Check on Democracy	105
	On Racist Speech	110
	The Myth of Social Consensus	116
	Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You)	131
	Security Versus Civil Liberties	135
	Protecting Dr. King's Legacy: Justice and Liberty in the Wake of September 11th	139
	Extending the Theme	153
Chapter 4	The Media and the Citizen	155
	Pictures in Our Heads	157
	Hate Radio	163
	The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?	172
	Media, Literacy, and Democratic Citizenship	178
	Independent Media Alternatives	189
	Rethinking Virtual Communities: The Prospects for the Public Sphere	194
	Extending the Theme	206
Chapter 5	The Public Citizen	207
	The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society	209
	Civic Responsibility	215
	A Vision of the Quilt	222
	The Artist as Citizen	228
	A Match Made in Heaven	237
	The Tyranny of the Majority	242
	Extending the Theme	256
	Credits	257
	Causal Reasoning
	The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?	172
	Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education	51
	The Common School and The Common Good	70
	Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education	60
	Should English Be the Law?	30
	The Myth of Social Consensus	116
	Comparison/Contrast
	Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education	51
	Civic Responsibility	215
	Viet-Kieu	38
	Protecting Dr. King's Legacy: Justice and Liberty in the Wake of September 11th	139
	Definition
	Independent Media Alternatives	189
	I Have a Dream	19
	Who and What Is American?	3
	A Quilt of a Country: Out of Many, One?	15
	Media, Literacy, and Democratic Citizenship	178
	Dialogue
	Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education	60
	Viet-Kieu	38
	A Match Made in Heaven	237
	Legal Analysis and Court Cases
	Rights as a Check on Democracy	105
	Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You)	131
	The Tyranny of the Majority	242
	On Racist Speech	110
	Security Versus Civil Liberties	135
	Protecting Dr. King's Legacy: Justice and Liberty in the Wake of September 11th	139
	Metaphor/Analogy
	The Tyranny of the Majority	242
	A Vision of the Quilt	222
	I Have a Dream	19
	A Quilt of a Country: Out of Many, One?	15
	Personal Examples
	Community Service	93
	Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education	60
	A Vision of the Quilt	222
	A Match Made in Heaven	237
	Viet-Kieu	38
	Refutation
	Hispanics and the American Dream	24
	The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?	172
	Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You)	131
	Educating a Democracy	79
	Who and What Is American?	3
	The Artist as Citizen	228
	The Myth of Social Consensus	116
	Solutions Argument
	Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education	51
	Civic Responsibility	215
	The Common School and The Common Good	70
	Educating a Democracy	79
	Rethinking Virtual Communities: The Prospects for the Public Sphere	194
	Media, Literacy, and Democratic Citizenship	178
	The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society	209
	Support Using Facts and Statistics
	Independent Media Alternatives	189
	Hispanics and the American Dream	24
	Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education	51
	Pictures in Our Heads	157
	The Artist as Citizen	228
	Synthesis Argument
	Rethinking Virtual Communities: The Prospects for the Public Sphere	194
	Media, Literacy, and Democratic Citizenship	178
	The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society	209