The Will to Empower : Democratic Citizens and Other Subjects /

How do liberal democracies produce citizens who are capable of governing themselves? In considering this question, Barbara Cruikshank rethinks central topics in political theory, including the relationship between welfare and citizenship, democracy and despotism, and subjectivity and subjection. Dra...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cruikshank, Barbara (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Series:Cornell paperbacks
Subjects:
Political participation > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Power (Social sciences) > United States.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) > États-Unis.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Democracy.
Political participation.
Power (Social sciences)
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Small Things
  • 1. Democratic Subjects
  • 2. The Liberal Arts of Governance
  • 3. The Will to Empower: Technologies of Citizenship and the War on Poverty
  • 4. Revolutions Within: Self-Government and Self-Esteem
  • 5. Welfare Queens: Ruling by Number
  • Conclusion: Iteration
  • Notes
  • Index

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