Perpetual Potential
Making Volunteers: Civic Life After Welfare's End
by Nina Eliasoph
—Reviewed by Carren Jao
A robust civic life is essential to building a great country. It is no wonder, then, that former President John F. Kennedy’s call to the American people to “ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country” still rings powerfully to this day. With a struggling economy, a broken health care system and economic bubbles popping left and right, the need for citizens willing to volunteer to help fix this nation’s ails is ever more …
