A Nation of Servants. Alan W. Dowd.
by Dowd, Alan W; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 49Business. Publisher: World & I, 2004ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): AmeriCorps | Civil service | Draft | National service | Peace Corps (U.S.) | VoluntarismDDC classification: 050 Summary: "There is a consensus in the United States that a key ingredient of maintaining a good society is involving Americans in service to something greater than themselves. The Founding Fathers believed it. Indeed, many of them sacrificed their lives--and, most of them, their wealth--for the greater cause of America's independence and nationhood." (WORLD & I) The author defines public service, suggests that "every American has the capacity and opportunity to serve something greater than self" and opines that the challenge is to build a better society "without expanding the size and scope of government any further."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: A Nation of Servants, Jan. 2004; pp. 280-293.
"There is a consensus in the United States that a key ingredient of maintaining a good society is involving Americans in service to something greater than themselves. The Founding Fathers believed it. Indeed, many of them sacrificed their lives--and, most of them, their wealth--for the greater cause of America's independence and nationhood." (WORLD & I) The author defines public service, suggests that "every American has the capacity and opportunity to serve something greater than self" and opines that the challenge is to build a better society "without expanding the size and scope of government any further."
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