Avoiding Politics How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life

Name: Avoiding Politics How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life
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ISBN: 9780521587594

ISBN-10: 052158759X

ISBN-13: 9780521587594

Edition: 1998

Authors: Nina Eliasoph, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Steven Seidman

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Despite the importance for democracy of open-ended political conversation among ordinary citizens, many Americans try hard to avoid appearing to care about politics. Eliasoph reveals an intriguing culture of political avoidance.

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/13/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English




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