Avoiding politics: how Americans produce apathy in everyday life
Nina Eliasoph's vivid portrait of American civic life reveals an intriguing culture of political avoidance. Open-ended political conversation among ordinary citizens is said to be the fount of democracy, but many Americans try hard to avoid appearing to care about politics. To discover how, whe...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Nina Eliasoph's vivid portrait of American civic life reveals an intriguing culture of political avoidance. Open-ended political conversation among ordinary citizens is said to be the fount of democracy, but many Americans try hard to avoid appearing to care about politics. To discover how, where, and why Americans create this culture of avoidance, the author accompanied suburban volunteers, activists, and recreation club members for two and a half years, listening to them talk - and avoid talking - about the wider world, both within their groups and in their encounters with government, the media, and corporate authorities. This is a unique book which challenges received ideas about culture, power, and democracy, while exposing the hard work of producing apathy. Its clear exposition of the qualitative methods used also makes it exceptionally useful for students of political and cultural sociology, communications, and politics. |
| Beschreibung: | X, 330 S. |
| ISBN: | 0521582938 052158759X |
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PAGE IX
1 THE MYSTERIOUS SHRINKING CIRCLE OF CONCERN 1
2 VOLUNTEERS TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD PART 1: TRYING TO HIDE
THE PUBLIC SPIRIT 23
PART 2: THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING FOR VOLUNTEERING: THE CARING ADULT
NETWORK 47
3 CLOSE TO HOME AND FOR THE CHILDREN : TRYING REALLY HARD NOT TO CARE
64
4 HUMOR, NOSTALGIA, AND COMMERCIAL CULTURE IN THE POSTMODERN PUBLIC
SPHERE PART 1: TRYING TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF PRIVATE PEOPLE 85
PART 2: RITUALS OF CONSUMPTION 111
5 CREATING IGNORANCE AND MEMORIZING FACTS: HOW BUFFALOES
UNDERSTOOD POLITICS 131
6 STRENUOUS DISENGAGEMENT AND CYNICAL CHIC SOLIDARITY 154
7 ACTIVISTS CARVING OUT A PLACE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE FOR DISCUSSION PART
1: IS THIS A TANGENT? ACTIVISTS IN MEETINGS 165 PART 2: PERSONAL
PASSION AND DRY FACTS IN THE PUBLIC
SPHERE: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN 188
8 NEWSPAPERS IN THE CYCLE OF POLITICAL EVAPORATION 210
IMAGE 2
VIII CONTENTS
9 THE EVAPORATION OF POLITICS IN THE US PUBLIC SPHERE 230
APPENDIX 1: CLASS IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE 264
APPENDIX 2: METHOD 269
NOTES 280
REFERENCES 304
INDEX 320
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