Diminished democracy
Subtitle: from membership to management in American civic life
By: Theda Skocpol
Series: The Julian J. Rothbaum distinguished lecture series -- v. 8; Julian J. Rothbaum distinguished lecture series -- v. 8.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780806180519
Subjects: Participac ʹa o poli tica; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Democracy; Popular Culture; Political participation; Anthropology; Cultural; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Sociedade civil; Democracia; Public Policy; Cultural Policy; Poli tica e governo; Civil society
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-349) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Warren Durgin's gravestone-Understanding American civic democracy; title: How the United States became a civic nation; title: Joiners, organizers, and citizens; title: From membership to management; title: Why civic life changed; title: What we have lost; title: Reinventing American civic democracy.