Civic Engagement in American Democracy

ISBN-13: 9780815728092 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 420 str.

Theda Skocpol; Morris P. Fiorina

Opis

An analysis of civic engagement in American democracy. It opens with a look at the roots of America's patterns of civic engagement, examining the ways in which social groups and government and electoral politics have influenced each other. Other chapters examine the impact of advocacy groups and socioeconomic inequalities on democratic processes and probe the influence of long-term social and cultural changes on voluntary associations and civic participation. The book concludes by asking why social liberation has been accompanied by new inequalities and the erosion of many important forms of citizen leverage and participation.