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Diminished Democracy

From Membership to Management in American Civic Life

Theda Skocpol author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press

Published:10th Nov '21

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Pundits and social observers have voiced alarm each year as fewer Americans involve themselves in voluntary groups that meet regularly. Thousands of nonprofit groups have been launched in recent times, but most are run by professionals who lobby Congress or deliver social services to clients. What will happen to U.S. democracy if participatory groups and social movements wither, while civic involvement becomes one more occupation rather than every citizen's right and duty? In Diminished Democracy, Theda Skocpol shows that this decline in public involvement has not always been the case in this country - and how, by understanding the causes of this change, we might reverse it.

 

ISBN: 9780806136271

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm

Weight: 442g

388 pages