A democratic bearing : admirable citizens, uneven injustice, and critical theory /

A democratic bearing : admirable citizens, uneven injustice, and critical theory /

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Author / Creator:	White, Stephen K., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017. ©2017
Description:	xxiv, 217 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Political participation -- Social aspects. Social justice -- Citizen participation. Social change -- Citizen participation. Citizenship. Democracy. Critical theory. Citizenship. Critical theory. Democracy. Political participation -- Social aspects. Social change -- Citizen participation.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11292432

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ISBN:	9781107168473 1107168473 9781316616444 1316616444
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	In this rich analysis of the changing ideals of citizenship, Stephen K. White offers a path for the renewal of democratic life in the twenty-first century. Looking beyond passive notions of citizenship defined in terms of voting or passport possession, White seeks a more aspirational portrait, both participatory and inclusive, that challenges citizens, especially in the middle class, to confront power structures to achieve greater justice. Using the Tea Party as a foil, he shows how that group's resentful and exclusivist conception of active citizenship undermines democratic aspirations. White explores how such deleterious influence might be effectively engaged by a robust counter-conception on the democratic left. The book makes this aspirational ideal conceptually clear, normatively compelling and aesthetically attractive.

Table of Contents:

Moral and theoretical sources
Models of citizenship : virtual patriots and tea parties
Models of citizenship : a democratic bearing
Depth experience, faith and democratic life
Path for critical political theory
The consensus machine and "no-saying"
Suspicious conjectures and uneven injustice.