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Civic Hope - How Ordinary Americans Keep Democracy Alive (Hardcover)
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Civic Hope - How Ordinary Americans Keep Democracy Alive (Hardcover)
Series: Communication, Society and Politics
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Civic Hope is a history of what everyday Americans say - in their
own words - about the government overseeing their lives. Based on a
highly original analysis of 10,000 letters to the editor from 1948
to the present published in twelve US cities, the book overcomes
the limitations of survey data by revealing the reasons for
people's attitudes. While Hart identifies worrisome trends -
including a decline in writers' abilities to explain what their
opponents believe and their attachment to national touchstones - he
also shows why the nation still thrives. Civic Hope makes a
powerful case that the vitality of a democracy lies not in its
strengths but in its weaknesses and in the willingness of its
people to address those weaknesses without surcease. The key, Hart
argues, is to sustain a culture of argument at the grassroots
level.
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