Local Democracy Under Siege : : Activism, Public Interests, and Private Politics / / Dorothy Holland, Donald M. Nonini, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, Marla Frederick-McGlathery, Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen, Enrique G. Murillo.
2007 Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Book AwardComplete List of Authors:Dorothy Holland, Donald M. Nonini, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, Marla Frederick-McGlathery, Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen, and Enrique G. Murillo, Jr.What is the state of democracy at the turn of the twenty-f...
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1. Experimenting with Democracy
- 2. Landscapes in Transition
- Part I. Limiting Democracy
- 3. Hope, Fear, and Political Autobiography
- 4. Racial Framing
- 5. Public Goods for Private Ends: The Redirection of Schooling
- Part II. Governing under Neoliberalism
- 6. Local Politics and the Contemporary American Scene
- 7. Imagining Local Futures: Who Sets Priorities for the Present?
- 8. Public Business as Usual
- Part III. Struggling for Democracy
- 9. Against American Plutocracy: Democratizing Our Communities, One by One
- 10. Counter Experiments for Democracy: Activism on New Political Terrain
- 11. It’s Up to Us: From Local Politics to a Democratic America?
- Appendix: Democracy and Political Theory Why Participatory Democracy?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors