Civic Engagement in American Democracy

Name: Civic Engagement in American Democracy
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ISBN: 9780815728092

ISBN-10: 0815728093

ISBN-13: 9780815728092

Edition: 1999

Authors: Theda Skocpol, Morris P. Fiorina

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List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Publication date: 8/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 420
Size: 6.01" wide x 8.90" long x 1.23" tall
Weight: 1.584

Theda Skocpol is professor of government and sociology at Harvard University and the author of Boomerang: Health Care Reform and the Turn Against Government.



Preface and Acknowledgments



Making Sense of the Civic Engagement Debate




Between State and Society: Roots of American Civic Engagement



How Americans Became Civic




Organizational Repertoires and Institutional Change: Women's Groups and the Transformation of American Politics, 1890-1920




National Elections as Institutions for Generating Social Capital




Civic Life in a Changing Society



Professions and Civic Engagement: Trends in Rhetoric and Practice, 1875-1995




Vital Signs: Organizational Population Trends and Civic Engagement in New Haven, Connecticut, 1850-1998




Social Change and Civic Engagement: The Case of the PTA




Technological Change and Associational Life




Mobilizing Civic Engagement: The Changing Impact of Religious Involvement




The Ironies of Contemporary Activism



The Rise of Citizen Groups




Extreme Voices: A Dark Side of Civic Engagement




Civic Participation and the Equality Problem




Advocates without Members: The Recent Transformation of American Civic Life



Contributors


Index