Foreword / Robert A. Corrigan
Introduction / Sally Cahill Tannenbaum
Sect. 1. Traditional Approaches to Political Engagement
1. Beyond Service: Community-Based Research and Political Engagement / Corey Cook
2. Communication in Political Campaigns: Bridging Theory and Practice / Sally Cahill Tannenbaum
3. Social Research and the Sacramento State Annual Survey of the Region / Amy Qiaoming Liu, Otis Scott, Joseph Sheley, Frank Whitlatch, Ernest Cowles and Manuel Barajas
4. Making the Census Count: Learning, Service, and Political Engagement / Peter Tannenbaum and Sally Cahill Tannenbaum
Sect. 2. Providing a Business Perspective to Political Engagement
5. Economics of Community Action: Applying Cost-Benefit Analysis to Local Public Policy / Greg Hunter
6. Selected Case Examples of Service Learning in Business: Social Entrepreneurship in Action / Richard L. McCline and Gerald S. Eisman
Sect. 3. Political Engagement Through Social Activism
7. Communicating Community: Engaging Silicon Valley Through Student Activism / Anne Marie Todd and Deanna L. Fassett
8. Politics of Service Learning in Introduction to Women's Studies: Addressing Social Injustices Through Activism / Natalie Wilson
9. Using Service Learning to Change Social Structure: The Gulf Coast Civic Works Project / Scott Myers-Lipton
Sect. 4. Teaching Others Through Political Engagement
10. Media Mentors: Nurturing Democratic Ideals Among High School Journalists / Linda Bowen
11. Unconventional Approach to Civic Skill Development and Service Learning / Mary Kirlin
12. Developing Teachers' Ability to Share Leadership / Kristeen L. Pemberton
13. Service Learning That Engages Students in the Implementation of Children's Right to Participate in Community Decision Making / Kim Knowles-Yanez.