Everyday politics : reconnecting citizens and public life /

Increasingly a spectator sport, electoral politics have become bitterly polarized by professional consultants and lobbyists and have been boiled down to the distributive mantra of "who gets what." InEveryday Politics, Harry Boyte transcends partisan politics to offer an alternative. He dem...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boyte, Harry C., 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2004.
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
Subjects:
Political participation > United States.
Political culture > United States.
Power (Social sciences) > United States.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship.
Political culture.
Political participation.
Power (Social sciences)
Politische Kultur.
Politische Beteiligung.
Staatsbürger.
Politieke participatie.
Burgers.
Activisme.
Actiegroepen.
Politiskt deltagande.
Politisk kultur.
Makt.
United States.
USA.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface: Developing a Theory and Practice of Everyday Politics
  • 1. The Stirrings of a New Politics
  • 2. Populisms
  • 3. The Growth of Everyday Politics
  • 4. Citizenship as Public Work
  • 5. Citizen Education as a Craft, Not a Program
  • 6. The Jane Addams School for Democracy
  • 7. Professions as Public Work
  • 8. "Architects of Democracy"
  • 9. Spreading Everyday Politics
  • 10. Freedom
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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