The citizen solution
Subtitle: how you can make a difference
By: Harry C. Boyte ; foreword by Don Shelby.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society; Kettering Foundation Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Saint Paul; Dayton, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780873516105
Subjects: Political participation -- United States; Citizens' associations -- United States
Description: Nationally known community organizer and activist Harry C. Boyte incites readers to join today's "citizen movement," offering practical tools for how we can change the face of America by focusing on issues close to home.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Don Shelby; title: Introduction beyond slash and burn politics; title: Working together; title: Minnesota's living civic culture; title: Breaking the silence: balance4sucess ??; title: A history of adventurous experiment; title: Cultural leadership:; title: Isaiah's "world view"; title: Everyday politics: from spectatorship to citizenship; title: The neighborhood as a site of learning: from isolation to community; title: Citizen professionals: from information to wisdom; title: Renewing government of the people: from scarcity to abundance; title: Afterword: Culture and power; title: Endnotes; title: Index.