Opportunity for leadership; full and informed participation.9781591583875 Opportunity for leadership; full and informed participation. Winston, Mark. Libraries Unlimited 2008 109 pages $40.00 Paperback JK1764 Winston (information and library science, U. of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Chapel Hill) examines how the degree of access to information representing various viewpoints and perspectives determines whether the US has a citizenry cit·i·zen·ry n. pl. cit·i·zen·ries Citizens considered as a group. citizenry Noun citizens collectively Noun 1. capable of informed participation. As he does so he shows how race, ethnicity ethnicity Vox populi Racial status–ie, African American, Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic , culture, economic disparity dis·par·i·ty n. pl. dis·par·i·ties 1. The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree; difference: "narrow the economic disparities among regions and industries" and geographic limits such access and particularly how individuals, groups and organizations control that access in an effort to control information and, as they see it, protect society from itself. He begins with the case of Brown v. Board of Education Brown v. Board of Education (of Topeka) (1954) U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. , examining the constitutional basis for access to information and thereby to informed participation, then analyzes the value of access to information in a competitive environment, recent controversy over access, the resulting crisis in ethics, the decisions now being made about access, and the future of civic engagement given his findings on access to information. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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