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Resisting citizenship : feminist essays on politics, community, and democracy / Martha A. Ackelsberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ackelsberg, Martha A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Political activity--United States.
- Women.
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- Feminism--United States.
- Feminism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Political participation in America-supposedly the world's strongest democracy-is startlingly low, and many of the civil rights and economic equity initiatives that were instituted in the 1960s and '70s have been abandoned, as significant proportions of the populace seem to believe that the civil rights battle has been won. However, rates of collective engagement, like community activism, are surprisingly high. In Resisting Citizenship, renowned feminist political scientist Martha Ackelsberg argues that community activism may hold important clues to reviving democracy in this time o
- Contents:
- pt. I. Rethinking politics/rethinking community
- pt. II. Challenging dichotomies : dependency, privacy, identity, power
- pt. III. Is citizenship the goal?.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-77523-0
- 0-203-72441-0
- 1-283-96853-3
- 1-135-77516-8
- 9780203724415
- OCLC:
- 829461741
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