Creative Participation Responsibility-Taking in the Political World |
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| Editor:
| Micheletti, Michele
McFarland, Andrew |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59451-991-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Publisher: | Paradigm Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | AUD $205.00 |
Book Description:
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Creative Participation: Responsibility-Taking in a Political World presents the theory and practice of innovative forms of political participation. Citizens as consumers engage in political shopping; capitalists can build green developments; UK Muslim youth search the internet; Sicilian housewives take on the Mafia; young evangelical ministers become concerned with social change; vegetarians make a political statement; individuals may swarm like honeybees. It's all part of a new...
More Description Creative Participation: Responsibility-Taking in a Political World presents the theory and practice of innovative forms of political participation. Citizens as consumers engage in political shopping; capitalists can build green developments; UK Muslim youth search the internet; Sicilian housewives take on the Mafia; young evangelical ministers become concerned with social change; vegetarians make a political statement; individuals may swarm like honeybees. It's all part of a new politics of participation; citizens cooperate in public action to achieve a common good.