We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For : the Promise of Civic Renewal in America.

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"In September 2011, two leading civic engagement advocacy organizations headed, respectively, by Robert Putnam and Peter Levine released a joint report showing that a region's level of civic engagement was a strong predictor of its ability to recover from the Great Recession. This finding...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levine, Peter, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013.
Subjects:
Political participation > United States.
Civil society > United States.
Local government > United States.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Société civile > États-Unis.
Administration locale > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Civil society
Local government
Political participation
United States
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • 1. Overview: The Public and Our Problems
  • 2. How to Think About Politics: Values, Facts, and Strategies
  • 3. Values: Collaboration, Deliberation, and Civic Relationships
  • 4. Values: The Limits of Expertise, Ideology, and Markets
  • 5. Facts: The State of American Democracy
  • 6. Facts: A Civic Renewal Movement Emerges
  • 7. Strategies: How to Accomplish Civic Renewal
  • A Note on the Title of This Book
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • Rs
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