The Problems of Citizenship in the Early 21st Century -- History's Standard of Good Citizenship -- Assessing Contemporary Citizenship: The Case for Qualitative Methods -- Cyber-Democrats and Just-in-Time Social Capital -- Wireheads as New Minimalists -- Tech Elites: Bridging Old and New Social Capital -- Trailing Xers, Rising Millenials and Two Cliches -- Embracing Flux: Generation X and the New Norms of Social Capital
Summary
Defying the general belief that American citizenship is in decline, Sanford claims that Generation X is actually taking positions of civic leadership and authority as Baby Boomers retire. By exploring the traditional instrument of social capital, civic culture and political science, she attempts to make us understand more appropriately this maligned generation