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245 10 a| Uncivil democracy :b| how access to justice shapes political power /c| Jamila Michener, Mallory E. SoRelle.;

264 1 a| Princeton ;a| Oxford :b| Princeton University Press,c| [2026];

300 a| x, 261 pages :b| illustrations (black and white) ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| Princeton studies in American politics : historical, international, and comparative perspectives,x| 1549-1307;

500 a| Series statement from book jacket.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index.;

505 0 a| "If the Community Isn't Doing Good, You're Not" : Power, Politics, and Access to Justice -- "Every State Has Their Own Kind of System" : Mapping the Civil Legal Landscape -- "We're Not Being Heard" : How Civil Justice Problems Erode Democratic Citizenship -- "I Feel Like They Should Be Doing More" : Rise and Retrenchment in the Policy Foundations of the Justice Gap -- "The State Is Supposed to Help" : the Political Benefits of Procedural Justice -- "Where Liberation Is Actually Going to Happen" : Legal Justice, Tenant Organizing, and Transformative Politics -- "I'm Going to Change It for Someone Else" : the Future of Power and Access to Justice -- Quantitative Appendix -- Qualitative Appendix.;

520 a| "Jamila Michener and Mallory SoRelle show how civil legal problems, and the institutions meant to address them, greatly erode trust in the legal system among marginalized communities, undermining their broader sense of democratic citizenship and political standing. While legal representation offers vital protections, increased access to justice through an ever-growing supply of lawyers does not address the structural problems that generate demand for lawyers in the first place. Looking at cases involving unfair evictions and substandard housing, Michener and SoRelle demonstrate how community groups such as tenants' unions can fill this justice gap and provide the means to build political power that transforms the conditions that create precarity. This book explains why collective organizing holds the greatest promise for altering the systems that create civil legal problems and exercising the political power necessary for meaningful change"--Publisher's description.;

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Uncivil democracy : how access to justice shapes political power / Jamila Michener, Mallory E. SoRelle.

Author/creator	Michener, Jamila, 1981- author.
Other author	SoRelle, Mallory E., author.
Format	Book
Publication	Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2026]
Copyright Date	©2026
Description	x, 261 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Due process of law--United States. Justice, Administration of--Political aspects. --United States. Civil rights--United States.

Series	Princeton studies in American politics : historical, international, and comparative perspectives, 1549-1307 Princeton studies in American politics. ^A308870
Contents	"If the Community Isn't Doing Good, You're Not" : Power, Politics, and Access to Justice -- "Every State Has Their Own Kind of System" : Mapping the Civil Legal Landscape -- "We're Not Being Heard" : How Civil Justice Problems Erode Democratic Citizenship -- "I Feel Like They Should Be Doing More" : Rise and Retrenchment in the Policy Foundations of the Justice Gap -- "The State Is Supposed to Help" : the Political Benefits of Procedural Justice -- "Where Liberation Is Actually Going to Happen" : Legal Justice, Tenant Organizing, and Transformative Politics -- "I'm Going to Change It for Someone Else" : the Future of Power and Access to Justice -- Quantitative Appendix -- Qualitative Appendix.
Abstract	"Jamila Michener and Mallory SoRelle show how civil legal problems, and the institutions meant to address them, greatly erode trust in the legal system among marginalized communities, undermining their broader sense of democratic citizenship and political standing. While legal representation offers vital protections, increased access to justice through an ever-growing supply of lawyers does not address the structural problems that generate demand for lawyers in the first place. Looking at cases involving unfair evictions and substandard housing, Michener and SoRelle demonstrate how community groups such as tenants' unions can fill this justice gap and provide the means to build political power that transforms the conditions that create precarity. This book explains why collective organizing holds the greatest promise for altering the systems that create civil legal problems and exercising the political power necessary for meaningful change"--Publisher's description.
General note	Series statement from book jacket.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Michener, Jamila, 1981- Uncivil democracy. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2026] 9780691264448
ISBN	9780691264462 (hardback)
ISBN	0691264465 (hardback)
ISBN	(PDF e-book)
Standard identifier#	CIPO000317126

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