The search for political community : American activists reinventing commitment / Paul Lichterman
| Author(s): | Lichterman, Paul |
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| Subjects: | Political participation--United States Political activists--United States Individualism--United States Communities Social contract Commitment (Psychology) |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996 |
| Series: | Cambridge cultural social studies |
| LC Classification: | J, JK |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgments 1. Personalism and political commitment 1 2. Personalized politics: the case of the US Greens 30 3. Speaking out in suburbia 71 4. Imagining community, organizing community 105 5. Culture, class, and life-ways of activism 146 6. Personalized politics and cultural radicalism since the 1960s 182 7. The search for political community 213 App. I. Choosing and studying the organizations 231 App. II. Why participant-observation was necessary 237 Notes 243 References 261 Index 272 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 95040498 ISBN: 0521482860 (hardback) ISBN: 0521483433 (pbk.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index |
| Physical Description: | ix, 279 p. ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 33101114 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0521482860 0521483433 |