Avoiding Politics : How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life

Name: Avoiding Politics
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521587594
Price: 5600 KES
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ISBN: 9780521587594

by Nina Eliasoph

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Cultural Social Studies

ISBN-10 052158759X

ISBN-13 9780521587594

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 13th, 1998

Print length 344 Pages

Weight 526 grams

Dimensions 23.00 x 15.20 x 2.10 cms

Product Classification: United States of America, USA Cultural studies Cultural studies Sociology & anthropology Sociology and anthropology Politics & government Politics and government

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A unique and vivid study of American civic life which shows how citizens talk politics in private, while avoiding politics in public. Nina Eliasoph challenges received ideas about culture, power, and democracy and exposes the hard work of producing political apathy.

Nina Eliasoph's vivid portrait of American civic life reveals an intriguing culture of political avoidance. Despite the importance for democracy of open-ended political conversation among ordinary citizens, many Americans try hard to avoid appearing to care about politics. To discover how, where and why Americans create this culture of avoidance, the author accompanied suburban volunteers, activists, and recreation club members for over two years, listening to them talk - and avoid talking - about the wider world, together and in encounters with government, media, and corporate authorities. She shows how citizens create and express ideas in everyday life, contrasting their privately expressed convictions with their lack of public political engagement. Her book challenges received ideas about culture, power and democracy, while exposing the hard work of producing apathy.

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