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Boundaries of obligation in American politics : geographic, national, and racial communities /
"This book shows how ordinary Americans imagine their communities and the extent to which their communities' boundaries determine who they believe should benefit from the government's resources via redistributive policies. By contributing extensive empirical analyses to a largely theo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book shows how ordinary Americans imagine their communities and the extent to which their communities' boundaries determine who they believe should benefit from the government's resources via redistributive policies. By contributing extensive empirical analyses to a largely theoretical discussion, it highlights the subjective nature of communities while confronting the elusive task of pinning down "pictures in people's heads."" "A deeper understanding of people's definitions of their communities and how they affect feelings of duties and obligations provides a new lens through which to look at diverse societies and the potential for both civic solidarity and humanitarian aid. This book analyzes three different types of communities and more than eight national surveys. Cara J. Wong finds that the decision to help only those within certain borders and to ignore the needs of those outside rests, to a certain extent, on whether and how people translate their sense of community into obligations."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-261) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521691842 9780521691840 0521871328 9780521871327 9780511712616 0511712618 9780511802874 0511802870 1107210429 9781107210424 1282560816 9781282560819 9786612560811 6612560819 0511713444 9780511713446 0511714696 9780511714696 0511715943 9780511715945 0511722753 9780511722752 |