Albrecht, D. & Ziderman, A. (1995) 'National service: A form of societal cost recovery for higher education', Higher Education, v29 n2 pp111-128.

American Council on Education (1978) 'Service-Learning for the Future: Domestic and International Programs', Action, Washington, DC, 42p.

Barber, B. R. (1992) An Aristocracy of Everyone: The Politics of Education and the Future of America, Ballantine Books, NY. (Calls for a universal community service requirement coupled with classroom reflection on the learning outcomes of the service experience.)

Bass, M. (1997) 'Citizenship and young people's role in public life', National Civic Review, v86 n3 pp203 ff.

Beckman, M. (1997) 'Learning in action: Courses that complement community service', College Teaching, v45 n2 pp72-75.

Braatz, J. (1997) 'Community service learning: A guide to including service in the public school curriculum', Harvard Educational Review, v67 n2 pp366-367. (Book reviews)

Brown, B. F. (1980) The Transition of Youth to Adulthood: A Bridge Too Long, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.

Buckley, W. F. Jr. (1990) Gratitude: Reflections on What We Owe Our Country, Random House, Maryland. (Makes a strong case for national service but does not go into the details of its operation.)

Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education (1979) Giving Youth a Better Chance: Options for Education, Work, and Service, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 345p.

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

Chisholm, L., Harrison, C. & Motala, S. (1997) 'Youth policies, programmes and priorities in South Africa, 1990-1995', International Journal of Educational Development, v17 n2 pp215-225.

Christopher, N. G. (1996) Rite of Passage: The Heroic Journey to Adulthood. Cornell Press, Washington, DC. (Uses case studies of people in programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Peace Corps to show how youth service can provide the bridge from adolescence to adulthood that is generally missing in modern society. Suggests a seven-part framework for such youth service experiences.)

Citizenship and National Service (1988) Democratic Leadership Council, Washington, DC 20003, 71p.

Committee for the Study of National Service (1979) Youth and the Needs of the Nation, Potomac Institute, Washington, DC. 143p.

'Community service learning' (1993) Equity and Excellence in Education, v26 n2, Sept. (Theme issue).

Danzig, R. & Szanton, P. (1986) National Service: What Would It Mean? Lexington Books, Massachusetts and Toronto, 307p.

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

Dolan, T. (1992) 'Administering maturity: The emerging role of youth service as a rite of passage to adult citizenship', Future Choices: Toward a National Youth Policy, v3 n3 p62.

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

Eberly, D. J. (1966) A Profile of National Service, National Service Secretariat, New York. (Gives an account of the 1966 conference that led to the serious consideration of civilian national service. National Service Secretariat, C/- Augsburg College PO 200, 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454 USA.)

Eberly, D. J. (1968) 'National needs and national service' Current History, Aug.

Eberly, D. J. (1968) 'Service experience and educational growth', Educational Record.

Eberly, D. J. (1977) 'National service: Alternative strategies', Armed Forces and Society, v3 n3, pp445-456.

Eberly, D. J. (1984) 'National service: An issue for the eighties', NASSP Bulletin, Jan. (National Association of Secondary School Principals)

Eberly, D. J. (1988) National Service: A Promise to Keep, John Alden Books, Rochester, NY. (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', which helped launch the service-learning movement.)

Eberly, D. J. (1989) 'The national service debate', The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jun.

Eberly, D. J. (1989) 'What President Bush should do about national youth service', Vital Speeches of the Day, v55 n21 p651, 15 Aug.

Eberly, D. J. (ed.) (1991) National Youth Service: A Democratic Institution for the 21st Century, National Service Secretariat, Washington, DC. 60p. (Part of the proceedings of a National Service Secretariat Conference, Wisconsin, 19-21 July 1991. Reviews the changes in institutions of education and work over the past 200 years and describes how national service would relate to existing institutions such as education, work, citizenship and voluntarism. This booklet can be read in tandem with the Coalition for National Service/National Service Secretariat publication, National Service: An Action Agenda for the 1990s. Available: National Service Secretariat, C/- Augsburg College PO 200, 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454 USA.

Eberly, D. J. (ed.) (1992) National Youth Service: A Global Perspective, National Service Secretariat, Washington, DC. (Materials are the advance papers and summaries of the discussions held at a global conference on national service, Racine, WI, 18-21 June 1992.) Availability: National Service Secretariat, C/- Augsburg College PO 200, 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454 USA. 54p. Also available on the World-wide Web at http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/ahugo/first/default.html

Eberly, D. J. (1993) 'National Service: A Forty-Three-Year Crusade', Syracuse University Library Associates Courier, v28 n1.

Eberly, D. J. (1994) 'National service literature: A bibliographic essay', Choice, v31 n7, Mar.

Eberly, D. J. (1997) National youth service in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Community Service Volunteers, London. 36p. (Gives a brief account of national youth service in the 20th Century, ten lessons learned from the experience, four issues facing national youth service in the 21st Century, and the Charter of the International Association for National Youth Service formed in 1996. Available from Community Service Volunteers, 237 Pentonville Rd, London N1 9NJ)

Eberly, D. J. & Sherraden, M. W. (1984) 'Individual rights and social responsibilities: Fundamental issues in national service', St. Louis University Public Law Forum, v4.

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

Enegwea, G. K. et al. (1991) NYSC Yearbook 1991, National Youth Service Corps. (Includes the history, statistics and operating procedures of the National Youth Service Corps. in Nigeria.)

Ethiel, N. (ed.) (1997) National service: Getting it right. Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation, Chicago. (Summarises a conference at which several of the strongest supporters and opponents of national service in the USA discuss President Clinton's AmeriCorps program after three years of operation.)

Evers, W. M. (1990) National Service: Pro & Con., Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, Stanford, 310 pp. (Includes papers and discussion highlights from a 1989 conference on national service at the Hoover Institution.)

Forte, J. A . (1997) 'Calling students to serve the homeless: A project to promote altruism and community service', Journal of Social Work Education, v33 n1 pp51-166.

Gartner, A. & Riessman, F. (1993) 'Making Sure Helping Helps', Social Policy, v24 n1 p35-36. (Theme issue titled 'National service: what's the movement perspective?')

Getting it done: The Youth Corps Exchange Project, Proceedings of the 1985 Workshops, Philadelphia, PA. 121p.

Goldsmith, S. (1992) 'Crossing the tracks: A lesson in public service', Responsive Community, v2 n4, pp53-60.

Goldsmith, S. (1993) A City Year: On the Streets and in the Neighborhoods with Twelve Young Community Service Volunteers, New Press, 304p. ISBN 1565840933.

Goldsmith, S. (1995) 'AmeriCorps: The story waiting to be told', Who Cares: A Journal of Service and Action.

Gorham, E. B. (1992) National Service, Citizenship, and Political Education. Cup Services, Ithaca, New York. 282p.

Greene (1995) AmeriCorps: Serve Your Country and Pay for College, Conway Greene Publishing Company, ISBN 1884669123.

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

Hans, G. (1995) 'Student volunteers for social service', Indian Journal of Social Work, v56 n1, pp9-53, Jan.

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

Hartley, R. (1997) 'Proposal for a national youth civic service scheme.' Family Matters n47 pp38-41.

Hartley, R., Hartnell-Young, E., & Maunders, D. (1997) Opting in to active citizenship: a discussion paper on a national youth civic service scheme for Australia. Centre for Youth Affairs Research and Development, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and the Myer Foundation; ISBN 0 86444 640 3. 107p.

Hearings on Presidential Commission on National Service and National Commission on Volunteerism (1980) United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 96th Congress, 2nd session, 1980, 606p.

James, W. (1906) 'The Moral Equivalent of War', in J. J. McDermott (ed.) The Writing of William James, Random House Inc., New York. (This is a seminal essay on national service, first delivered by William James as a speech in 1906).

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

Jeffs, A. J. (1979) Young People & the Youth Service, Routledge. Series title: International Library of Social Policy, ISBN 0710003471 (Out of Print).

Jones, B. L. & Kinsley, C. W. (1993) 'Resources for community service learning', Equity and Excellence in Education, v26 n2 pp74-76, Sept. (Theme issue devoted to community service learning.)

Jordan, V. E. Jr. (1978) 'Black youth: The endangered generation', Ebony, Aug.

Kallick, D. (1993) 'National service: How to make it work', Social Policy, v24 n1 pp2-4. (Theme issue on 'National service: what's the movement perspective?')

Katimavik field staff manual [Katimavik Manuel du Personnel D'Encadrement] (1982) ERIC Document ED248052; 124p.

Kimball, K. E. (1996) 'Citizenship AmeriCorps style', and a response by J. Walters, Policy Review, v76 n3, Mar-Apr.

King, W. R. (1977) Achieving America's Goals: National Service or the All-Volunteer Force? A report prepared for the Senate Armed Services Committee, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Kinsley, C. W. (1993) 'Community service learning as pedagogy', Equity and Excellence in Education, v26 n2 p53-59, Sept. (Theme issue devoted to community service learning.)

Kinsley, C. W. (1997) 'Service learning: A process to connect learning and living', NASSP Bulletin, v81 n591 pp1-7. (National Association of Secondary School Principals)

Manpower Implications of Selective Service. (1967) United States Congress; Senate; Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; Sub-Committee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty; 90th Congress, 1st session, 1967.

Marenin, O. (1989) 'Concepts of national unity: Bureaucratic decision-making in the National Youth Service Corps of Nigeria', Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, v27 n3 pp365-386.

Marenin, O. (1989) 'Implementing national unity: Changes in national consciousness among participants in the National Youth Service Corps of Nigeria', Journal of Ethnic Studies, v17 n2 pp23-44.

McPherson, K. (1997) 'Service learning: Making a difference in the community', Schools in the Middle, v6 n3 pp9-15.

Milton, C. (1994) 'National service: Secret weapon in the fight against crime', Public Management, v76 n7 pp6-10, 1 Jul.

Moskos C. C. & Chambers, J. W. (eds) (1993) The New Conscientious Objection: From Sacred to Secular Resistance, Oxford University Press: New York.

Moskos, C. C. (1988) A Call to Civic Service: National Service for Country and Community, MacMillan, New York. (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.)

The National Service Alternative, National Service Secretariat, Washington, DC. 1988. (A 10-minute videotape (VHS) which includes William James' 1906 proposal. National Service Secretariat, C/- Augsburg College PO 200, 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454 USA.)

'National service: what's the movement perspective?' (1993) Social Policy, v24 n1. (Theme issue.)

'National youth service' (1968) Current History, v 55 n324, Aug. (Theme issue; includes contributions by D. J. Eberly and Margaret Mead.)

Nolin, M. J. et al. (1997) Student participation in community service activity. 1996 National household education survey; statistical analysis report. ISBN 0 16 049044 8) 49 p. (ERIC document)

Omo-Abu, A. K. (1997) 'Ethnic cleavages and national integration: The impact of the National Youth Service Corps (in Nigeria)', Dissertation, Columbia University, New York. (Describes Nigerian community service initiatives; see abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International: The Humanities and Social Sciences 1997, v58, n2, Aug, 602A; .)

Pasquinelli, S. (1987) 'Once upon a time there was a youth movement; C'era una volta l'impegno giovanile', Tuttogiovani Notizie, v2 n5, pp6-14, Jan.-Mar.

Preiss, J. J. (1978) Camp William James, Argo Books, Norwich, Vermont. 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.

Ranganathan, M. et al. (1991) 'College student volunteers in mental hospital programmes', Indian Journal of Social Work, v52, n2, Apr, pp151-160. (A study of 30 student volunteers in mental hospital settings in India as part of the National Service Scheme.)

Richards, A. & Kemeny, L. (eds) (1986) National Service in the 1990s, Monograph on Youth in the 1990s. Service Through Learning: Learning Through Service, Dalhousie University.

Roman, J. (1996) 'Military service versus civil service and voluntary service versus obligatory service: Reflection on Jacques Chirac's proposals for national service in France today [in French]', Esprit, n4 (Apr.) pp168-170.

Rosenstock-Huessy, E. (1978) Planetary Service, Argo Books, Norwich, Vermont. Originally published as Dienst auf dem Planeten (W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 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, J. J. (1978) Camp William James).

Rutter, R. A & Newmann, F. M. (1989) 'The potential of community service to enhance civic responsibility, Social Education, v53 n6 pp371-74, Oct.

Schine, J. (ed.) (1997) Service Learning: Ninety Sixth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, University of Chicago Press. (Nineteen contributors cover the field of service learning with emphasis on the USA.)

Schine, J. A. (1990) 'A rationale for youth community service', Social Policy, v20 n4, pp5-11.

Serow, R. C., Bitting, P. F. (1995) 'National service as educational reform: A survey of student attitudes', Journal of Research and Development in Education, v28 n2 pp87-90.

Shandler, D. (1990) 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. (Examines the design, cost and impact of a civilian national service in South Africa.)

Sherraden, M. W. & Eberly, D. J. (1982) National Service: Social, Economic and Military Impacts, Pergamon Press, New York. (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.)

Sherraden, M. W. (1984) 'Three squares a day: Enrollees in the Civilian Conservation Corps', Journal of Social Service Research, v7, n3, pp21-40.

Sherraden, M. W. (1985) 'Administrative lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942)', Administration in Social Work, v9 n2 pp85-97.

Sherraden, M. W., Ilinsky, I, & Henriksson, B. (1991) 'Youth policy dilemmas in the Soviet Union', Future Choices: Toward A National Youth Policy, v2 n3 p63.

Tax, S. (ed.) (1967) The Draft: A Handbook of Facts and Alternatives, University of Chicago Press. (Includes lengthy discussion on national youth service.)

Visions of Service: The Future of the National and Community Service Act, (1993) National Women's Law Center and American Youth Policy Forum.

The Voluntary National Youth Service Act and the Select Commission on National Service Opportunities Act of 1985, United States Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommitee on Employment Opportunities, 99th Congress, 1st session, 1986, 235p.

Waldman, S. (1995) The Bill. Penguin/Viking Books, New York. 301p. (The passage of the 1993 National Service Act is a case study for this examination of the legislative process in the USA; includes bibliographical references and index.)

Walker, L. & Andzenge, D. (1989) 'Nigerian unity: Integrative processes and problems', Journal of Developing Societies, v5 n2 pp218-233, Jul.-Oct.

Walters, J. (1996) 'Clinton's AmeriCorps values: How the President misunderstands citizenship', Policy Review, n75 pp42-46, Jan.-Feb.

Willenz, J. A. (1967) Dialogue on the Draft., American Veterans Committee, Washington, DC. 141p.

Wirtz, W. & National Manpower Institute (1975) The Boundless Resource: A Prospectus for an Education/Work Policy, New Republic, Washington, DC. 205p.

Wofford, H., Waldman, S. & Bandow, D. (1996) 'AmeriCorps the beautiful?', Policy Review, n79 pp28-36 (AmeriCorps national service program)

Yates, M. (1995) Community Service in Adolescence: Implications for Moral-Political Awareness. 16p; paper presented at the 61st Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, Indiana, 30 March-2 April 1995. ERIC document ED382358. (Note: contains a very good review of the literature.)

Yates, M. & Youniss, J. (1996) 'Community service and political-moral identity in adolescents', Journal of Research on Adolescence, v6 n3 pp271-284.

Youniss, J. & Yates, M. (1997) Community Service and Social Responsibility in Youth, University of Chicago Press; ISBN 0226964825 and 0226964833.

Youth Service: A Guidebook for Developing and Operating Effective Programs (1987) Independent Sector; ISBN 0318376296. 70p.

Youth: A Plan of Action, (1986) Special Senate Committee on Youth, Ottawa, Canada. (The Committee, chaired by Sen. Jacques Hébert, recommends a young Canadians' community service program open to all Canadians aged 17-24 as a major part of a comprehensive youth policy. See also Hébert, J. & Strong, M. F. (1980.)

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