Abstract
The debate over the state of civic engagement in the United States is bound up with underlying disagreements over the kind of political character citizens ought to possess. Thus, in order to advance the debate over civic engagement, we must make judgments about which conception of citizenship we wish to embrace.
Notes
1. Federalist Papers Number 51, February 8, 1788.
2. The Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania to Their Constituents, December 12, 1787.