This practical guide is intended for faculty and service-learning directors, combining the how-to information and rigorous intellectual framework that teachers seek. What distinguishes this volume is that the contributors are writing for their peers. They discuss how service-learning can be implemented within political science and what this discipline contributes to the pedagogy of service-learning. The book offers both theoretical background and practical pedagogical chapters which describe the design, implementation, and outcomes of political science service-learning programs, as well as annotated bibliographies, program descriptions and course syllabi.

is professor of political science at Providence College. He is also the author (with Richard Battistoni) of "Experiencing Citizenship: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Political Science".

PART ONE: SERVICE-LEARNING AS A MODE OF CIVIC EDUCATION: The Decline of Democratic Faith--Jean Bethke Elshtain; Teaching/Theorizing/Practicing Democracy: An Activist's Perspective on Service-Learning in Political Science--Meta Mendel-Reyes; The Work of Citizenship and the Problem of Service-Learning--Harry C. Boyte and James Farr; Examining Pedagogy in the Service-Learning Classroom: Reflections on Integrating Service-Learning Into the Curriculum--Karen D. Zivi; PART TWO: COURSE NARRATIVES: Community Service-Learning as Practice in the Democratic Political Arts--Gregory B. Markus; Service-Learning in the Study of American Public Policy--William E. Hudson; Political Theory-- James Farr; Research Methods--Daniel J. Palazzolo; Women and Citizenship: Transforming Theory and Practice--Cynthia R. Daniels; Politics, Community, and Service--Richard Guarasci; Civil Rights and Liberties--Bill Swinford; Service-Learning and Comparative Politics: A Latin American Saga--Robert H. Trudeau; The Police Corps: Researching Teaching and Teaching Research--Milton Heumann; Bringing Service and Politics Together: A Community College Perspective--Mona Field; PART THREE: THE DISCIPLINE AND BEYOND: Experiencing Government: Political Science Internships--Stephen Frantzich and Sheilah Mann; Service-Learning and Empowerment--Ed Schwerin; Civic Leadership--Richard A. Couto; Afterword--Benjamin R. Barber; APPENDIX; Annotated Bibliography.