Civic power : rebuilding American democracy in an era of crisis / K. Sabeel Rahman, Hollie Russon Gilman.

"On a frigid January evening in 2008, Barack Obama, then merely a junior senator from Illinois, shocked the political establishment by winning the Iowa Caucus. At the boisterous celebration rally, Obama delivered what would become one of the signature speeches of his political career, defining many...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rahman, Kazi Sabeel, 1983- (Author)
Gilman, Hollie Russon (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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Physical Description:x, 280 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Democracy in crisis
  • Democracy and inequality as a function of the balance of power
  • Organizing for power
  • From governance to power-rethinking democracy reform
  • Bureaucratizing participation
  • Power-oriented policy design
  • Democracy's future.