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Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life

By Nina Eliasoph

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge Univ Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9780511004612, 052158759X, 0521582938, 0511583397, 0511004613, 9780511583391, 9780521582933, 9780521587594
LCC
JK1764 .E45 1998
Google Books ID
9HhjQgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL681312M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6723316 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Cultural Social Studies'',
Edition
1
Pages
341\341
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Civic groups are said to be the fount of democracy, but these vivid portraits of American life reveal an intriguing culture of political avoidance. Nina Eliasoph accompanied volunteers, activists and recreation club members, listening to them talk--and not talk--politics, in a range of private and public settings. Unlike interview-based studies of political participation and civic culture, Avoiding Politics shows how citizens create and communicate political ideas in everyday life, and the hard work it takes to produce apathy in a democracy.

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