"Political participation in America - supposedly the world's strongest democracy - is startlingly low, and many of the civil rights and economic equity initiatives that were instituted in the 1960s and '70s have been abandoned, as significant proportions of the populace seem to believ...

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1. Verfasser:	Ackelsberg, Martha A. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York [u.a.] Routledge 2010
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Frau Women > Political activity > United States Political participation > United States Feminism > United States Geschlechterverhältnis Feminismus Frauenbewegung Politische Betätigung USA Aufsatzsammlung
Zusammenfassung:	"Political participation in America - supposedly the world's strongest democracy - is startlingly low, and many of the civil rights and economic equity initiatives that were instituted in the 1960s and '70s have been abandoned, as significant proportions of the populace seem to believe that the civil rights battle has been won. However, rates of collective engagement, like community activism, are surprisingly high. In Resisting Citizenship, renowned feminist political scientist Martha Ackelsberg argues that community activism may hold important clues to reviving democracy in this time of growing bureaucratization and inequality." "Resisting Citizenship brings together many of Ackelsberg's writings over the past 25 years, combining her own field work and interviews with cutting edge research and theory on democracy and activism. She explores these efforts in order to draw lessons - and attempt to incorporate knowledge - about current notions of democracy from those who engage in "non-traditional" participation, those who have, in many respects, been relegated to the margins of political life in the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	XII, 272 S.
ISBN:	9780415935180 9780415935197