The politics and civics of national service lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, Vista, and AmeriCorps - Bass, Melissa (Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press, 2013)
Introduction: public service as public policy for democracy -- Citizenship and the elements of policy design -- The CCC's roots and relationships -- The CCC's purpose and government's role -- The CCC's tools, rules, and targets -- Vista's roots and relationships -- Vista's purpose and government's role -- Vista's tools, rules, and targets -- AmeriCorps's roots and relationships -- AmeriCorps's purpose and government's role -- AmeriCorps's policy tools, rules, and targets -- Making sense of the past and its lessons for the future.
Keywords: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); AmeriCorps (U.S.); AmeriCorps*VISTA.; National service -- United States; Voluntarism -- United States