Book: Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy In Everyday Life Civic groups are said to be the fount of democracy, but these vivid portraits of American life reveal an intriguing culture of political avoidance. Nina Eliasoph accompanied volunteers, activists and recreation club members, listening to them talk--and not talk--politics, in a range of private and public settings. Unlike interview-based studies of political participation and civic culture, Avoiding Politics shows how citizens create and communicate political ideas in everyday life, and the hard work it takes to produce apathy in a democracy.
Details of Book: Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy In Everyday Life Book: Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy In Everyday Life
Author: Nina Eliasoph, Steven Seidman, Jeffrey C. Alexander
ISBN: 052158759X
ISBN-13: 9780521587594
, 978-0521587594
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 13081998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number of Pages: 344
Language: English