Harry C Boyte

Everyday Politics

Reconnecting Citizens and Public Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"As Mark Twain said about the weather, everybody talks about the need for a new politics of participation and deliberation, but nobody does anything about it. Harry Boyte has. Through a combination of experience, political analysis, and philosophy, he sho

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780812219319
• ISBN-10: 0812219317
• Artikelnr.: 22398540

Autorenporträt

Harry C. Boyte is founder and codirector of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the University of Minnesota and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute. He is the author of many books, including The Backyard Revolution and, with Sara Evans, Free Spaces.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Developing a Theory and Practice of Everyday Politics
Chapter 1. The Stirrings of a New Politics
Chapter 2. Populisms
Chapter 3. The Growth of Everyday Politics
Chapter 4. Citizenship as Public Work
Chapter 5. Citizen Education as a Craft, not a Program
Chapter 6. The Jane Addams School for Democracy
Chapter 7. Professions as Public Work
Chapter 8. Architects of Democracy
Chapter 9. Spreading Everyday Politics
Chapter 10. The Commonwealth of Freedom
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments