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Civic engagement in American democracy / Theda Skocpol, Morris P. Fiorina, editors.
| Other author | Skocpol, Theda. |
| Other author | Fiorina, Morris P. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ; New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©1999. |
| Description | viii, 528 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface and acknowledgments. Making sense of the civic engagement debate / Theda Skocpol, Morris P. Fiorina -- Part One, Between state and society: roots of American civic engagement. How America became civic / Theda Skocpol, with the assistance of Marshall Ganz ... [et al.] -- Organizational repertoires and institutional change: women's groups and the transformation of American politics, 1890-1920 / Elisabeth S. Clemens -- National elections as institutions for generating social capital / Wendy M. Rahn, John Brehm, Neil Carlson -- Part Two, Civic life in a changing society. Professions and civic engagement: trends in rhetoric and practice, 1875-1995 / Steven Brint, Charles S. Levy -- Vital signs: organizational population trends and civic engagement in New Haven, Connecticut, 1850-1998 / Peter Dobkin Hall -- Social change and civic engagement: the case of the PTA / Susan Crawford, Peggy Levitt -- Technological change and associational life / Marcella Ridlen Ray -- Mobilizing civic engagement: the changing impact of religious involvement / Robert Wuthnow -- Part Three, The ironies of contemporary activism. The rise of citizen groups / Jeffrey M. Berry -- Extreme voices: a dark side of civic engagement / Morris P. Fiorina -- Civic participation and the equality problem / Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, Henry E. Brady -- Advocates without members: the recent transformation of American civic life / Theda Skocpol. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 99006407 |
| ISBN | 0815728107 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0815728093 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | JK1764 .C5266 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |