Nonvoters : America's no-shows / / Jack C. Doppelt, Ellen Shearer

• Autore: Doppelt Jack C
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 246 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 324.973092
• Soggetto topico: Voting - United States; Political participation - United States
• Altri autori: ShearerEllen <1952->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-240) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Why Hear from Nonvoters? -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 - The Conventional Wisdom About Nonvoters -- Civic Embarrassment -- Disgrace in the Eyes of Other Countries -- A Vital Democracy? -- Changing Symbolism of Voting -- Chapter 2 - Profiling America's Nonvoters„Their Voices -- Reflecting the Stereotype -- Detachment and Cynicism Belie Good Voting Intentions -- Avoiding Political Parties -- The Issues: God, Motherhood, and the Economy -- Often Involved and Informed, But Not Necessarily in Politics -- Doers -- Unpluggeds -- Irritables -- Don't Knows -- Alienateds -- Words Versus Deeds -- Chapter 3 - Doers -- Dr. Robert Wolkow: Advocate Against Lazy Voting -- Nancy Smith: No Time Left for Voting -- Jason Caldwell: A Step Away From Voting -- Claudine D'Orazio: Dedicated to the Hospitality Industry -- Ryan Gerali: Put It Off and Missed His First Election -- Paul Rains: A Member of the Silent Majority, Content to Follow -- Gene Tencza: The Pursuit of Ordinary Happiness -- Sue Jablonsky: Gone Fishing -- Chapter 4 - Unpluggeds -- Jack Daniels: Missing in Action Since Kennedy -- Barbara Beth: A Hard-Scrabble Life Focused on Raising Her Kids and Getting By -- Janet Shepherd: Runaway Mother Who's Seen All She's Gonna See -- Karen Pelling: Distracted by Darts -- Tracy Rowley: Baited, Switched, and Out -- Paula Ryan: She Counts on Herself and Her Neighbors, Not Washington -- Steve Gordon: Tuned Out From Politics -- Iris Llamas: Politics Are Outside Her World -- Serena Slaton: "The Word" Is Not Politics -- Chapter 5 - Irritables -- Henry Montoya: On Election Day, He's Voting„For No One -- Michael Keegan: He Wants to Get Away From the Lies and Incivility -- Melody Lewis: Hollow Faces on Parade -- Caren Freigenberg: A New Yorker at Heart, She Won't Vote in New Jersey -- Chapter 6 - Don't Knows. ; Susan Godoy: Cracks in Her Fairy-Tale World -- Elizabeth B axley: Family Matters, Politics Don't -- Erica Smith: Living in Fear -- George Perez: Right There in Spirit if Politicians Touched Social Security -- Chapter 7 - Alienateds -- Kathy Smith: Doesn 't Count and Doesn 't Care -- Alma Romanowski: Registration Is Only Ninth Tenths of the Vote -- Chapter 8 - Can't Shows -- James Ayarkwa-Duah: He Knows a Vote Counts„And Wishes He Had One -- Estela Crespo: She May Become a U.S. Citizen, But She Still May Never Vote -- Keith Roberts: U.S. Marshal Turned Felon Turning Back -- Chapter 9 - Conclusion: American Democracy Into the 21st Century -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References -- Other Sources -- Index -- About the Authors.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Nonvoters' addresses the issue of why 51.2 percent of the population of the USA failed to vote in the November 1996 presidential election.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nonvoters
• ISBN: 0-7619-1900-7; 1-322-42238-9; 1-4522-6748-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820597903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II