Revised 22 September 1997.


National Youth Service :
A Global Perspective

Contents

Introduction
1: National Service Programs and Proposals

Profiles of National Service

2: Aspects of National Youth Service

Appendix A: Global Conference Participants, June 18-21, 1992

Appendix B (this page): Annotated Bibliography


Appendix B

Annotated Bibliography

[Note: since the publication of this book, a bibliography on national youth service has been prepared with the help of Don Eberly.]

Centre for Research on Youth and the National Youth Leadership Council, Monograph on Youth in the 1990s (Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, 1986). Authors from Canada, Germany, Great Britain, the United Sates and Venezuela examine various aspects of national service.

Dickson, Mora, A Chance to Serve (London: Dobson Books, 1976). Describes the trail-blazing work of husband Alec Dickson, who founded Great Britain's Voluntary Service Overseas in 1958 and Community Service Volunteers in 1962.

Eaton, Joseph W. and Michael Chen, Influencing the Youth Culture (Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1971). Focuses on youth participation and acculturation in Israel.

Eberly, Donald J., A Profile of National Service (New York: National Service Secretariat, 1966). Gives an account of the 1966 conference that led to the serious consideration of civilian national service.

Eberly, Donald J., National Youth Service: A Democratic Institution for the 21st Century (Washington, DC: National Service Secretariat, 1991). Reviews the changes that have taken place in the institutions of education and work in the past 200 years and describes how national service would relate to existing institutions such as education, work, citizenship and volunteerism.

Eberly, Donald J., National Service: A Promise to Keep (Rochester, NY: John Alden Books, 1988). Describes the evolution of national service in the USA from 1946 to 1988. Includes excerpts from Eberly's 1958 proposal, "National Service for Peace," one of the sources of the original Peace Corps legislation; and his 1968 article, "Service Experience and Educational Growth," that helped launch the service-learning movement.

Eberly, Donald and Michael Sherraden, eds., The Moral Equivalent of War? A Study of Non-Military Service in Nine Nations (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990). Describes and compares national service programs in Canada, China, Costa Rica, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria and the United States.

Enegwea, Gregory K., et al, NYSC Yearbook 1991 (Lagos: National Youth Service Corps, 1991). Includes the history, statistics and operating procedures of the National Youth Service Corps.

Glick, Edward Bernard, Peaceful Conflict: The Non-Military Use of the Military (Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1967). Countries from which examples are drawn include Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, France, Israel, Peru, the Philippines, the United States and Venezuela.

Hanning, Hugh, The Peaceful Uses of Military Forces (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967). Published the same year as Glick (above) and covering many of the same countries, Hanning focuses on the increased post-service employability that may result from military training and experience.

Hardjasoemantri, Dr. Koesnadi, Study-service as a Subsystem in Indonesian Higher Education (Jakarta: PN BALAI PUSTAKA, 1982). Focuses on community service by university students as part of the educational process and as a contribution to rural villages.

Hebert, Jacques and Maurice F. Strong, The Great Building Bee (Don Mills, Ontario: General Publishing Co., Ltd., 1980). Makes a strong case for Canada, as a wealthy nation, and young people, as "still free, still generous," to play major roles in the alleviation of poverty in developing nations.

James, William, "The Moral Equivalent of War," in John J. McDermott, ed., The Writings of William James (New York: Random House, Inc., 1967). This seminal essay on national service was first delivered by James as a speech in 1906.

Janowitz, Morris, The Reconstruction of Patriotism: Education for Civic Consciousness (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983). Recognizes the dangers of the gulf between the military and civilian sectors of society and recommends national service as a vital bridge between the two.

Kwafo-Akoto, Kate, Kgomotso H. Moahi and Syella B. Monageng, Report of the National Conference on Tirelo Setshaba, 19-23 November 1991: Strategies for Future Implementation (Tirelo Setshaba, Private Bag 116, Gaborone, Botswana, 1991). Reviews the progress and setbacks of Tirelo Setshaba in its first ten years and considers future options.

Moskos, Charles C., A Call to Civic Service: National Service for Country and Community (New York: MacMillan, 1988). Reviews the background of national service, considers the relative worth of civilian and military service, offers a national service proposal for the United States, and speculates on the politics of national service.

Moyes, Adrian, Volunteers in Development (London: Overseas Development Institute, Ltd., 1966). Reviews all aspects of programs which sponsor overseas service by young people and makes recommendations.

Preiss, Jack J., Camp William James (Norwich, Vermont: Argo Books, 1978). Describes an attempt by Harvard and Dartmouth students, aided by Eugen Rosenstock- Huessy, in 1939-40 to launch a youth service involving young men and women from all walks of life.

Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugen, Planetary Service (Norwich, Vermont: Argo Books, 1978). Originally published as Dienst auf dem Planeten (Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1965), this book makes a case for an international civilian youth service. The author argued for a work service corps in Germany as early as 1912 and took refuge in the United States in 1933. Here he was critical of the Civilian Conservation Corps for limiting itself to unemployed young men and was instrumental in founding Camp William James (see Preiss above).

Shandler, David, National Service...or Service to the Nation? The Case for Civilian National Service (Centre for Policy Studies, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1990). Examines the design, cost and impact of a civilian national service in South Africa.

Sherraden, Michael W. and Donald J. Eberly, National Service: Social, Economic and Military Impacts (New York: Pergamon Press, 1982). Reviews the history and philosophy of national service, proposes a national service model for the United States, and uses research findings to examine the likely impact of national service on society, education, the economy, and those who serve.

Special Senate Committee on Youth, YOUTH: A Plan of Action (Ottawa, 1986). The Committee, chaired by Sen. Jacques Hebert, recommends a Young Canadians' Community Service Program open to all Canadians aged 17-24 as a major part of a comprehensive youth policy.?


National Youth Service : A Global Perspective

Donald J. Eberly, Editor
National Service Secretariat , Washington, D.C.Based on the advanced papers and discussions held at the conference, National Youth Service : A Global Perspective, held at the Wingspread Conference Center, Wisconsin, 18-21 June 1992.

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