Local democracy under siege
Subtitle: activism, public interests, and private politics
By: Dorothy Holland ... [et al.].
Contributors: Holland, Dorothy C.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780814736777; 9780814736784
Subjects: Political participation -- North Carolina; Political anthropology -- North Carolina; Political culture -- North Carolina; Democracy -- North Carolina; North Carolina -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-284) and index.
Table of contents: title: Experimenting with democracy; title: Landscapes in transition; title: Hope, fear, and political autobiography; title: Racial framing; title: Public goods for private ends : the redirection of schooling; title: Local politics and the contemporary American scene; title: Imagining local futures : who sets priorities for the present?; title: Public business as usual; title: Against American plutocracy : democratizing our communities, one by one; title: Counter experiments for democracy : activism on new political terrain; title: It's up to us : from local politics to a democratic America?