Building America: The Democratic Promise of Public Work

Description du livre Etat : New. Throughout history, work has always been the taproot of American democracy, enabling diverse people to forge connections with each other and to address the nation's problems. This book presents an analysis of diverse civic practices. It argues that work is the center of effective citizenship. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHBL; JPHV; JPVH1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 334. . 1996. Paperback. . . . . N� de r�f. du vendeur V9781566394581

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Building America

Boyte, Harry C.; Kari, Nancy N.

Edit� par Temple University Press,U.S. (1996)

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Description du livre Etat : New. Throughout history, work has always been the taproot of American democracy, enabling diverse people to forge connections with each other and to address the nation's problems. This book presents an analysis of diverse civic practices. It argues that work is the center of effective citizenship. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHBL; JPHV; JPVH1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 334. . 1996. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N� de r�f. du vendeur V9781566394581

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Building America (Paperback)

Harry Boyte

Edit� par Temple University Press,U.S., Philadelphia PA (1996)

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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Throughout history, work has always been the taproot of American democracy, enabling diverse people to forge connections with each other and to address the nation's problems. Through work, people gain greater visibility, authority, and a larger intellectual horizon. They come to see themselves as creators of their communities, stakeholders in the country, and guardians of the commonwealth. Building America, in a pathbreaking analysis of diverse civic practices, argues that work is the center of effective citizenship. As late as the New Deal Era, Abraham Lincoln's idea of work-centered government remained vibrant and fueled reform movements like union organizing. Many jobs, local schools, community groups, the Civilian Conservation Corp., and other settings provided rich experiences in public work. Images of work filled popular culture Will Rogers movies, Langston Hughes's poetry, post office art. But today, work has lost its larger meaning, and government has become largely a service provider. From low income communities to colleges, high-tech newspapers to government agencies and schools, Harry C. Boyte and Nancy N.Kari look to the revival of public-spirited work as a key to the rebirth of democracy in our time.Their exploration of the larger meanings of work leads to provocatively different approaches to change. These include many examples of citizen-government partnership in solving problems. By working on school reform and economic development in Baltimore, the mainly black group BUILD created a public space for overcoming searing racial divisions. Boyte and Kari explore new initiatives like the public journalism movement aimed at strengthening journalists' responsibilities to improve democracy. They offer lessons for turning jobs into public work in our changing economy. Building America concludes with a call for national action to renew the idea of "government by the people" through public work. Author note: Harry C. Boyte is National Coordinator of The New Citizenship, a national effort that has worked with the White House and a bipartisan confederation of civic organizations to develop strategies for renewing citizenship, co-director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship, senior fellow at the Humphrey Institute, and a graduate faculty member at the University of Minnesota.He is the author of six books, most recently CommonWealth: A Return to Citizen Politics.Nancy N. Kari is Associate Professor and director of faculty development at the College of St. Catherine, and senior associate at the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the University of Minnesota. Throughout history, work has always been the taproot of American democracy, enabling diverse people to forge connections with each other and to address the nation's problems. This book presents an analysis of diverse civic practices. It argues that work is the center of effective citizenship. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N� de r�f. du vendeur 9781566394581

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