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145placing them in well-suited jobs and giving them a part in the decision-making processwill encourage expansion driven from the bottom up rather than the top-down. Involvingvolunteers and returned volunteers will protect the organization from harmful changes inthe organizations policies. With the help of volunteers, the Peace Corps will continue togrow and expand, fulfilling the needs of host countries, for at least another 45 years.
Notes1 John F. Kennedy, “Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy at the University ofMichigan,”http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Speeches/JFK/JFK+Pre-Pres/Remarks+of+Senator+John+F.+Kennedy+at+the+University+of+Michigan.htm(accessed December 3, 2007).2 John F. Kennedy, “Inaugural Address,”http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres56.html (accessed December 3, 2007).3 Gerard T. Rice, The Bold Experiment: JFK’s Peace Corps (Notre Dame:University of Notre Press, 1985), 26.4 John F. Kennedy, “Statement Upon Signing Executive Order, Establishing thePeace Corps,”http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Speeches/JFK/003POF03PeaceCorp03011961.htm (accessed December 3, 2007).5 Rice, The Bold Experiment, 1.6 Karen Devries, “Peace Corps Volunteers Return with More than WorkExperience,” UCSD Guardian, September 9, 2002, A2.7 The Ad Council, Historic Campaigns, “The Peace Corps (1961-1991),”http://www.adcouncil.org/default.aspx?id=133 (accessed December 3, 2007).
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ABSTRACTiiiIn 1961 John F. Kennedy
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14program simply because he feels i
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16appealing to a new type of volunt
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18ever less connected with one anot
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20Political DisengagementOne of the
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22devaluing of the public sector ov
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24has broad residual effects. Almos
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26Review of LiteratureA review of p
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28served overseas with the Peace Co
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30holds a space in the hearts of Am
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32policy changes. I turn to Public
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34Chapter 2Recruiting the 21 st Cen
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36New Recruitment RhetoricThe AdCou
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38go?” In 1999, the Peace Corps b
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40American values. The key rhetoric
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42upon recommending the establishme
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44While the wording of these print
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46the major emphases in recruitment
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48audience. Each of the two radio s
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50the speaker asks, “Would you cr
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54All of the PSAs, regardless of me
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56expanded menu of options, includi
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58Volunteers are college graduates
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60life when you get back. Or you ma
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62People of ColorThe largest, most
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66Figure 2.7Aside from the main hom
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70Chapter 3Framing the World: Visua
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78experienced, and explored.” 152
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80very many children at all. These
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84Figure 3.11 Figure 3.12There exis
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86group of children, such as in fig
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92primitive lives. As evidenced by
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Page 111 and 112: 106Motivation for VolunteeringEric
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Page 119 and 120: 114volunteer in El Salvador, in her
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Page 129 and 130: 124Aaron’s “Once everything is
Page 131 and 132: 126Peace Corps critique and comment
Page 133 and 134: 128mimicked the blogging phenomenon
Page 135 and 136: 130Chapter 5Looking Forward: Peace
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Page 177 and 178: 172Delli Carpini, Michael X. “Gen
Page 179 and 180: 174Meister, Mark. “Sustainable De
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