The civic imagination : making a difference in American political life / Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Elizabeth A. Bennett, Alissa Cordner, Peter Taylor Klein, and Stephanie Savell.

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 ethnographi...

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Main Authors: Baiocchi, Gianpaolo, 1971- (Author)
Bennett, Elizabeth A. (Author)
Cordner, Alissa (Author)
Klein, Peter Taylor (Author)
Savell, Stephanie (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, [2014]
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Physical Description:x, 174 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a American civic and political life -- Joining groups and following activists -- "I am not political" : making sense of skeptical engagement -- The civic imagination -- Participation 2.0 : the politics of civic innovation -- Inequality : a difficult conversation -- Making a difference in American political life -- Methodological appendix A: How many scholars does it take to answer a question? -- Methodological appendix B: Life of "project" by Tatiana Andia. 
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