Silent Citizenship: The Politics of Marginality in Unequal Democracies

ISBN-13: 9780367074739 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 134 str.

Justin Gest; Sean Gray

Opis

This book explores the meanings and significance that political nonparticipation has in the context of rising levels of economic and political inequality across the developed democracies.

Spis treści

Introduction: Silent citizenship: the politics of marginality in unequal democracies 1. Mapping silent citizenship: how democratic theory hears citizens’ silence and why it matters 2. Solace for the Frustrations of Silent Citizenship: the Case of Epicureanism 3. Silent citizens: reflections on community, habit, and the silent majority in political life 4. Domination, global harms, and the problem of silent citizenship: toward a republican theory of global justice 5. Pro- and anti-system behavior: a complementary approach to voice and silence in studies of political behaviour 6. American women of color and rational non-candidacy: when silent citizenship makes politics look like old white men shouting 7. Silent citizenship among Asian Americans and Latinos: opting out or left out?