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Title Local democracy under siege [electronic resource] : activism, public interests, and private politics / Dorothy Holland ... [et al.].

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2007.

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Description xiv, 302 p. : ill., map.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-284) and index.
Contents Experimenting with democracy -- Landscapes in transition -- Hope, fear, and political autobiography -- Racial framing -- Public goods for private ends : the redirection of schooling -- Local politics and the contemporary American scene -- Imagining local futures : who sets priorities for the present? -- Public business as usual -- Against American plutocracy : democratizing our communities, one by one -- Counter experiments for democracy : activism on new political terrain -- It's up to us : from local politics to a democratic America?
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Political participation -- North Carolina.
Political anthropology -- North Carolina.
Political culture -- North Carolina.
Democracy -- North Carolina.
North Carolina -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Holland, Dorothy C.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0814736777 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814736777 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814736785 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814736784 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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