Taking the President Seriously About Citizenship
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Posted 09.19.2012
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Impact
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Civic Participation,
Civic Engagement,
Citizenship,
Unemployment,
Barack Obama,
Volunteering,
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Nonprofits,
Opportunity-Nonprofit,
Great Recession,
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Communities with more civic engagement in 2006 suffered less from unemployment during and after the Great Recession, even when other possible explanations were factored in. Nonprofit organizations played an important role.
