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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454026903321

Titolo

Local democracy under siege [[electronic resource] ] : activism, public interests, and private politics / / Dorothy Holland ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8147-9088-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HollandDorothy C

Disciplina

320.809756

Soggetti

Political participation - North Carolina

Political anthropology - North Carolina

Political culture - North Carolina

Democracy - North Carolina

Electronic books.

North Carolina Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-284) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Experimenting with democracy -- Landscapes in transition -- Hope, fear, and political autobiography -- Racial framing -- Public goods for private ends : the redirection of schooling -- Local politics and the contemporary American scene -- Imagining local futures : who sets priorities for the present? -- Public business as usual -- Against American plutocracy : democratizing our communities, one by one -- Counter experiments for democracy : activism on new political terrain -- It's up to us : from local politics to a democratic America?

Sommario/riassunto

2007 Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Book Award  Complete 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



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Record Nr.

UNISA996208538503316

Titolo

Revista de estudios hispánicos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[University, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, 1967]-

Poughkeepsie, N.Y., : Dept. of Hispanic Studies, Vassar College

St. Louis, Mo., : Dept. of Romance Languages, Washington University

ISSN

2164-9308

Descrizione fisica

1 recurso online

Disciplina

460

860.9/0005

Soggetti

Spanish literature - History and criticism

Spanish American literature - History and criticism

Civilization, Hispanic

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Published: Poughkeepsie, N.Y., <Jan. 1985-Oct. 1988>; Saint Louis, Mo., <mayo 1996->

Refereed/Peer-reviewed