This book argues that the declining nature of traditional forms of civic participation over the last half century are the result of the evolution of larger institutional, social, and historical forces that have favored the self-interest motivation at the expense of civic duty

Quentin Kidd is Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and Director of the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University

Introduction: The Calculus for Civic Participation Citizenship and Civic Participation The Political Economy of Civic Participation Active Government and Civic Participation Civic Socialization and Civic Participation Institutional Evolution, Civic Socialization, and Twenty-First-Century Civic Participation