Introduction, Michael T. Rogers
Section I: The Case for Civic Education
Chapter 1: A Meta-History of Formal Civic Education: An Episodic History to be Repeated? / Michael T. Rogers
Chapter 2: It Can Work: The Surprisingly Positive Prospects for Effective Civic Education / Robert Maranto
Chapter 3: The Irony of Civic Education in the United States / Jeffrey D. Hilmer
Chapter 4: Models of Civic Education in America / Gary E. Bugh
Section II: 21st Century Innovations in Civic Education
Part A: National Government
Chapter 5: The Role of Congressional Outreach in Civic Engagement: An Examination of Legislator Websites / Sally Friedman and Jessica L. Aubin
Chapter 6: Encouraging Civic Participation through Twitter during (and after) the 2012 Election / Heather K. Evans
Chapter 7: Engagement through the Oval Office: Presidential Rhetoric as Civic Education / Sara A Mehltretter Drury and Jeffrey P. Mehltretter Drury
Part B: State and Local Government
Chapter 8: An Examination of Judicial Civic Education and Community Outreach Efforts / Brendan Toner
Chapter 9: The Civically Oriented Activities of Big City Mayors: The View from Website Press Releases / Michael A. Armato and Sally Friedman
Chapter 10: Encouraging Civic Participation of Citizens through County Websites: A Case Study of Arkansas / Barbara Warner
Part C: Private Institutions
Chapter 11: Interest Groups, Twitter, and Civic Education / Shamira Gelbman
Section III: Civic Education in Institutions of Higher Education
Part A: Classroom-based Studies
Chapter 12: Dude, Where's the Civic Engagement? The Paradoxical Effect of Civic Education on the Probability of Civic Participation / Donald M. Gooch and Michael T. Rogers
Chapter 13: Educating Students about the National Debt: A Multiyear Study of Civic Education in the University Core Curriculum / Steven E. Galatas and Cindy Pressley
Chapter 14: Moving Civic Education Research Forward: The Inter-Campus Consortium for SoTL Research / J. Cherie Strachan and Elizabeth Bennion
Part B: Initiatives Beyond the Classroom
Chapter 15: Democratizing Information: Web 2.0 Tools at Fort Hays State University / Chapman Rackaway and Carolyn Campbell
Chapter 16: Teaching Local: Civic Engagement & Local Government / Mike Yawn
Chapter 17: Partnering with your Local PBS Station to Promote Civic and Political Engagement / Elizabeth Bennion
Conclusion, Donald M. Gooch.