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Civic Imagination Making a Difference in American Political Life

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ISBN-10: 161205305X

ISBN-13: 9781612053059

Edition: 2014

Authors: Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Alissa Cordner, Stephanie Savell, Elizabeth A. Bennett, Peter Klein

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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. Five researchers observed and participated, over the course of a year, in 7 civic organizations in a mid-sized US city. They draw on this ethnographic evidence to map the eoecivic imaginationse that motivate citizenship engagement in America today. The book unpacks how contemporary Americans think about and act toward positive social and political change. The authorse(tm) findings challenge contemporary assertions of American apathy.
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Book details

List price: $45.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/30/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Gianpaolo Baiocchi is Associate Professor of Sociology at NYU.

Alissa Cordneris a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Brown University.

Elizabeth A. Bennett is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Brown University.

Peter Klein is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Brown University.