Civic engagement in American democracy / Theda Skocpol, Morris P. Fiorina, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skocpol, Theda.

Fiorina, Morris P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

United States.

Civil society--United States.

Civil society.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

viii, 528 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ; New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [1999]

Summary:

This book examines the roots of America's special patterns of civic engagement, the impact of advocacy groups and socioeconomic inequalities on the democratic process, and the long-term influence of social and cultural changes on voluntary associations and civic participation.

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgments. Making sense of the civic engagement debate / Theda Skocpol and 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, and Neil Carlson

Part Two, Civic life in a changing society. Professions and civic engagement: trends in rhetoric and practice, 1875-1995 / Steven Brint and 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 and 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, and Henry E. Brady

Advocates without members: the recent transformation of American civic life / Theda Skocpol.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815728107

0815728093

OCLC:

41278339