LEADER 03760nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910827458103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-95687-2 010 $a9786611956875 010 $a0-226-30111-7 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226301112 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578033 035 $a(EBL)432226 035 $a(OCoLC)309904287 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224125 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174347 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224125 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10207140 035 $a(PQKB)10963393 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432226 035 $a(DE-B1597)523191 035 $a(OCoLC)1112808766 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226301112 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432226 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265992 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195687 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578033 100 $a20050720d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of small things $ethe power of the powerless in dark times /$fJeffrey C. Goldfarb 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (175 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-30109-5 311 $a0-226-30108-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: In the Shadow of Big Things -- $t1. Theorizing the Kitchen Table and Other Small Things -- $t2. 1968: Theater of Truth -- $t3. 1989: New Definitions of the Situation -- $t4. 2001: Narratives in Conflict -- $t5. 2004: Small Things + the Internet = Alternatives -- $t6. 2004: The Church, the Right, and the Politics of Small Things -- $t7. Institutions: Democracy in the Details -- $t8. The Presentation of Self in the Age of Electronic Communications -- $tConclusion: The Politics of the Politics of Small Things -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aPolitical change doesn't always begin with a bang; it often starts with just a whisper. From the discussions around kitchen tables that led to the dismantling of the Soviet bloc to the more recent emergence of Internet initiatives like MoveOn.org and Redeem the Vote that are revolutionizing the American political landscape, consequential political life develops in small spaces where dialogue generates political power. In The Politics of Small Things, Jeffrey Goldfarb provides an innovative way for understanding politics, a way of appreciating the significance of politics at the micro level by comparatively analyzing key turning points and institutions in recent history. He presents a sociology of human interactions that lead from small to large: dissent around the old Soviet bloc; life on the streets in Warsaw, Prague, and Bucharest in 1989; the network of terror that spawned 9/11; and the religious and Internet mobilizations that transformed the 2004 presidential election, to name a few. In such pivotal moments, he masterfully shows, political autonomy can be generated, presenting alternatives to the big politics of the global stage and the dominant narratives of terrorism, antiterrorism, and globalization. 606 $aPolitical sociology 606 $aPolitics and culture 606 $aSocial interaction$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPolitical sociology. 615 0$aPolitics and culture. 615 0$aSocial interaction$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a306.2 700 $aGoldfarb$b Jeffrey C$0453142 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827458103321 996 $aThe politics of small things$94079575 997 $aUNINA