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OverviewComplete 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-first century? To answer this question, seven scholars lived for a year in five North Carolina communities. They observed public meetings of all sorts, had informal and formal interviews with people, and listened as people conversed with each other at bus stops and barbershops, soccer games and workplaces. Their collaborative ethnography allows us to understand how diverse members of a community not just the elite think about and experience ""politics"" in ways that include much more than merely voting.This book illustrates how the social and economic changes of the last three decades have made some new routes to active democratic participation possible while making others more difficult. Local Democracy Under Siege suggests how we can account for the current limitations of U.S. Democracy and how remedies can be created that ensure more meaningful participation by a greater range of people. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dorothy C. Holland , Catherine Lutz , Lesley Bartlett , Marla Frederick-McGlatheryPublisher: New York University Press Imprint: New York University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.603kg ISBN: 9780814736777ISBN 10: 0814736777 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 01 March 2007 Audience: Adult education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. Experimenting with Democracy 2. Landscapes in Transition PART I: LIMITING DEMOCRACY3. Hope, Fear, and Political Autobiography 4. Racial Framing 5. Public Goods for Private Ends: The Redirection of Schooling PART II: GOVERNING UNDER NEOLIBERALISM6. 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 DEMOCRACY9. 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 AuthorsReviewsaDebates about democracy often get stuck at the national scale. But the capacity for ordinary people to shape the conditions of their lives through politics and public speech is often greatest at the local level. This important book opens up anthropological perspectives on how this happens. It situates the challenges of local politics amid the constraints of neoliberalism, but also reports on the creative solutions different communities have developed to the distinctive problems they face.a - Craig Calhoun, President, Social Science Research Council Author InformationCatherine Lutz (Author) Catherine Lutz is Professor of Anthropology at Brown University, where she has a joint appointment with the Watson Institute for International Studies. Her books include Homefront: A Military City and the American 20th Century. Lesley Bartlett (Author) Lesley Bartlett is Assistant Professor of Comparative and International Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Marla Frederick-McGlathery (Author) Marla Frederick-McGlatherly is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and the Study of Religion at Harvard University. Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen (Author) Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen is Director of the Center for Rural Partnerships and Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. Enrique G. Murillo (Author) Enrique G. Murillo, Jr., is Associate Professor of Language, Literacy & Culture in the College of Education, California State University, San Bernardino. Dorothy Holland (Author) Dorothy C. Holland was Boshamer Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She was a co-author of Local Democracy Under Siege: Activism, Public Interests and Private Politics. Donald M. Nonini (Author) Donald M. Nonini is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and co-author of Local Democracy Under Siege: Activism, Public Interests and Private Politics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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