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Civic hope : how ordinary Americans keep democracy alive
- Title
- Civic hope : how ordinary Americans keep democracy alive / Roderick P. Hart.
- Author
- Hart, Roderick P.
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 356 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- Civic Hope is a history of what everyday Americans say - in their own words - about the government overseeing their lives. Based on a highly original analysis of 10,000 letters to the editor from 1948 to the present published in twelve US cities, the book overcomes the limitations of survey data by revealing the reasons for people's attitudes. While Hart identifies worrisome trends - including a decline in writers' abilities to explain what their opponents believe and their attachment to national touchstones - he also shows why the nation still thrives. Civic Hope makes a powerful case that the vitality of a democracy lies not in its strengths but in its weaknesses and in the willingness of its people to address those weaknesses without surcease. The key, Hart argues, is to sustain a culture of argument at the grassroots level.
- Series Statement
- Communication, society and politics
- Uniform Title
- Communication, society, and politics.
- Alternative Title
- How ordinary Americans keep democracy alive
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The need for civic hope -- The search for civic hope -- The texture of civic hope -- The future of civic hope.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-1347
- ISBN
- 9781108422642
- 1108422640
- 9781108435628
- 1108435629
- LCCN
- 2017037634
- OCLC
- 1004728916
- Author
- Hart, Roderick P., author.
- Title
- Civic hope : how ordinary Americans keep democracy alive / Roderick P. Hart.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Communication, society and politicsCommunication, society, and politics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-1347