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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rahman, Kazi Sabeel, 1983- author.

Gilman, Hollie Russon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

United States.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Power (Social sciences)--United States.

Power (Social sciences).

United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--2017-2021.

Physical Description:

x, 280 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"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 of the central themes of his campaign and his presidency. "[T]he time has come," Obama declared, "to tell the lobbyists who think their money and their influence speak louder than our voices that they don't own this government-we do. And we are here to take it back!" If there was a central message in Obama's 2008 campaign for the White House, it was this faith in a revival of American democracy-the belief "that in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.""-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781108422116

110842211X

9781108431842

1108431844

OCLC:

1090855193