When we think about what constitutes being a good citizen, routine
activities like voting, letter-writing, and paying attention to the
news spring to mind. But, in "Citizen Speak", Andrew J. Perrin
argues that these activities play only a small part in democratic
citizenship - a form of citizenship that requires creative
thinking, talking, and acting. For "Citizen Speak", Perrin met with
labor, church, business, union, and sports organizations and
proposed to them four fictive scenarios: what if your senator is
involved in a scandal, or your police department is engaged in
racial profiling, or a local factory violates pollution law, or
your neighborhood is going to be the site of a new airport? The
conversations these scenarios inspire, Perrin shows, require
imagination. And, what people can imagine doing in response to
those scenarios depends on what's possible, what's important,
what's right, and what's feasible. By talking with one another, an
engaged citizenry draws from a repertoire of personal and
institutional resources to understand and reimagine responses to
situations as they arise. Building on such political discussions,
"Citizen Speak" shows how a rich culture of association and
democratic discourse provides the infrastructure for a healthy
democracy.
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