Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521587594)

Civic groups are said to be the fount of democracy, but these vivid portraits of American life reveal an intriguing culture of political avoidance. Nina Eliasoph accompanied volunteers, activists and recreation club members, listening to them talk--and not talk--politics, in a range of private and public settings. Unlike interview-based studies of political participation and civic culture, Avoiding Politics shows how citizens create and communicate political ideas in everyday life, and the hard work it takes to produce apathy in a democracy.

Author: Nina Eliasoph
ISBN-10: 052158759X
ISBN-13: 9780521587594
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/13/1998
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.36w x 0.85d