TY - BOOK AU - Khazei,Alan TI - Big citizenship: how pragmatic idealism can bring out the best in America SN - 9781586487867 AV - HN 49 K45b 2010 U1 - 361.6 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - PublicAffairs KW - Voluntarism KW - National service KW - United States KW - Citizenship KW - Idealism, American KW - Voluntariado KW - Acción social KW - Trabajo social voluntario KW - Servicio social N1 - Includes biographical references (p. 271-276) and index; The highest office: citizen -- Starting close to home -- Be prepared to give up your shirt -- Boots on the ground -- An "action tank" -- Social entrepreneurs around the world -- Saving AmeriCorps -- Service nation -- A short, spirited special education -- The long campaign for big citizenship and common purpose N2 - A social entrepreneur explains how an act of shared national service would greatly benefit the United States, sharing his own experience building national service organizations and offering advice on organizing people and resources for a purpose ER -