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UNINA9910462572603321 |
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Autore |
Ackelsberg Martha A. |
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Titolo |
Resisting citizenship : feminist essays on politics, community, and democracy / / Martha A. Ackelsberg |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-72441-0 |
1-283-96853-3 |
1-135-77516-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Political activity - United States |
Political participation - United States |
Feminism - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. I. Rethinking politics/rethinking community -- pt. II. Challenging dichotomies : dependency, privacy, identity, power -- pt. III. Is citizenship the goal?. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Political participation in America-supposedly the world's strongest democracy-is startlingly low, and many of the civil rights and economic equity initiatives that were instituted in the 1960s and '70s have been abandoned, as significant proportions of the populace seem to believe that the civil rights battle has been won. However, rates of collective engagement, like community activism, are surprisingly high. In Resisting Citizenship, renowned feminist political scientist Martha Ackelsberg argues that community activism may hold important clues to reviving democracy in this time o |
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