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Boycotts and Dixie Chicks : Creative Political Participation at Home and Abroad

ISBN: 9781594518201 | 1594518203
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Paradigm Pub
Pub. Date: 1/31/2011

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
This book introduces the concept of creative political participation. On occasion, individuals seeking public action but lacking established political institutions must cooperate in an innovative manner to achieve their goals. This is creative political participation and it differs from traditional electoral politics, social movements, interest groups, and other varieties of political action. McFarland discusses creative participation on environmental, political corruption, consumer, and transnational protest issues. Examples include the format... MORE
Introductionp. ix
Creative Participation and Civic Innovationp. 1
The Environment and Creative Participationp. 25
Combating Political Corruptionp. 39
Political Consumerismp. 61
Political Consumerism in Four Post-Communist Countries: An Exploratory Look, Catherine S. Griffithsp. 81
Transnational Participationp. 101
Conclusion: Creative Participation in... MOREp. 129
Bibliographyp. 147
Indexp. 157
About the Authorp. 171
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Andrew S. McFarland is Professor of Political Science and Fellow of the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He is author of several notable books including, most recently, Neopluralism: The Evolution of Political Process Theory (University Press of Kansas 2004).


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