Citizen politics in post-industrial societies
By: edited by Terry Nichols Clark and Michael Rempel.
Contributors: Clark, Terry N.; Rempel, Michael.
Series: Urban policy challenges
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Political activists; Political participation; Political culture
Description: The past several decades have seen profound changes in the political landscapes of advanced industrial societies. This volume assesses key political developments and links them to underlying socioeconomic and cultural forces.

These forces include the growth of a well-educated middle class, the moderating of bipolar class divisions between wealthy capitalists and struggling workers, and the accelerated rise of new media technologies (especially television) as potent tools shaping the terms of public discussion.

Related political transformations include the spread of new social movements of feminism, environmental, and civil liberties issues; economic concerns focusing more on growth, taxes, and middle class programs than on redistribution; the fracturing of core left and right political ideologies; and the growing centrality of electronic media as carriers of political opinions and rhetoric.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260).