From Voice to Influence: Understanding Citizenship in a Digital Age. Danielle Allen and Jennifer S. Light, eds. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 2015. 376 pp. $75 hbk. $25 pbk. $25 ebk.In From Voice to Influence, Danielle Allen and Jennifer Light address issues of political participation in contemporary United States. Technology must be a part of conversation, but this book does not make technology itself principal focus. Rather, editors examine how participation in political process is changing. Concepts that were once central to a study of politics, such as voting and citizenship, lose relevance in a world where actors who influence political sphere may neither vote nor be citizens. The editors propose a focus on civic agency as a crucible for examining the activities through which people pursue political efficacy. The book does not exclusively examine youth engagement in politics, but youth participation is an emphasis. From very first chapter, Light reminds us of historical context: Since founding of United States, young people have always played an active role in politics, and new technology has always been a part of their participation and disruptive activity.Three chapters of text focus on very specific case studies: hip hop as a means of expression for marginalized Black youth, engagement of queer immigrant activists in political process, and reality of political participation in an environment where public and private spheres converge. These are intriguing examinations of youth engagement in political activity.The final chapters differ from rest in that they actually advocate for structures for digital political ethics. Noted education scholar Howard Gardner makes an argument for provision of real and virtual common spaces where people can gather to discuss issues. Part of his premise is that participants play different roles at different times. Gardner believes that disinterested (which he distinguishes from lacking interest) professionals are critical to process. Some might call these people objective professionals, but Gardner accepts that these professionals have predispositions but are capable of putting their personal biases aside. Sometimes, a journalist must be disinterested, while other times, same person may become an advocate for a cause. Different roles in different spaces. Other chapters advocate for redesign of political institutions with new media in mind, viewing cosmopolitanism as equitable self-interest that motivates self-interested to be more other-focused, and discuss how new media can be used by ordinary citizens wanting to become effective political participants. …