What should we do? : a theory of civic life / Peter Levine.

"Active and responsible citizens form or join and sustain functional groups in which they ask the fundamental civic question: What should we do? In these groups, they characteristically face problems of collective action (such as free-riding), of discourse (e.g., propaganda and ideology), and of exc...

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Main Author: Levine, Peter, 1967- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
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Physical Description:viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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