- Paperback: 540 pages
- Publisher: Brookings Institution,U.S. (1 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0815728093
- ISBN-13: 978-0815728092
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,645,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This book belongs on the short list of works produced in the last decade or so about civic life in the United States from which one can actually learn something. The numerous strong articles repay careful attention for anyone interested both in current debates and in figuring out what the next round of debates should address." - David Plotke, New School University, American Journal of Sociology, vol. 106, no. 4
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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. Coming together from different disciplines, the contributors include Jeffrey M. Berry, Henry E. Brady, John Brehm, Steven Brint, Elisabeth S. Clemens, Peter Dobkin Hall, Wendy M. Rahn, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba and Robert Wuthnow.
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