A01=Alissa Cordner
A01=Elizabeth A Bennett
A01=Gianpaolo Baiocchi
A01=Peter Klein
A01=Stephanie Savell
Address Inequality
American Civic Life
Author_Alissa Cordner
Author_Elizabeth A Bennett
Author_Gianpaolo Baiocchi
Author_Peter Klein
Author_Stephanie Savell
Black Power Poster
Cape Verdean
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Category=JPQB
City Council Meetings
Civic Engagement
Civic Imaginations
Civic Innovation
civic participation case studies
Civil Society
CNCS
Common Language
Democratic Conversation
Elite Social Movements
Engaged Citizens
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grassroots activism
Head Lice
Ho Ho
Methodological Appendix
Neighborhood Association
Participatory Budgeting
participatory democracy
political ethnography
PR Stunt
Problem Solving Imagination
qualitative fieldwork
Severe Budget Crisis
social inequality research
Social Justice Groups
Social Justice Organizing
urban governance
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781612053059
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Civic Imagination provides a rich empirical description of civic life and a broader discussion of the future of democracy in contemporary America. Over the course of a year, five researchers observed and participated in 7 civic organisations in a mid-sized US city. They draw on this ethnographic evidence to map the 'civic imaginations' that motivate citizenship engagement in America today. The book unpacks how contemporary Americans think about and act toward positive social and political change while the authors' findings challenge contemporary assertions of American apathy. This will be an important book for students and academics interested in political science and sociology.
Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Elizabeth A Bennett, Alissa Cordner, Peter Klein, Stephanie Savell
