The Professions And Civic Life
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The Professions And Civic Life
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Author : Gary J. Schmitt
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2016-06-10
The Professions And Civic Life written by Gary J. Schmitt and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-10 with Political Science categories.
Professions are institutions which, through their small size, self-governing elements, and sense of social mission, can assist in maintaining a sound civic culture. As mediating institutions in our democratic society that are neither entirely birthed by the state nor are entirely private, the individual professions—such as the legal and education professions, journalism, economics, architecture, or the military—arguably present practical avenues through which to teach civic behavior and to restore Americans’ broken trust. This volume on the professions and civic life undertakes a unique and timely examination of twelve individual professions to see how each affects the character of American citizenship and the civic culture of the nation through their practices and ethos. Among the questions each essay in the volume addresses are: What is distinctive—or not—about the specific profession as it came to be practiced in the United States? Given the specialized knowledge, training, and sometimes licensing of a profession, what do the professions perceive to be their role in promoting the larger common good? How can we bring professionals’ expert knowledge to bear on social problems in an open and deliberative way? Is the ethic of a particular profession as it understands itself today at odds with the American conception of self-government and a healthy civic life? Through analysis of these questions, each chapter presents a rich treatment of how the twelve longstanding professions of political science, teaching, the law, the military, economics, medicine, journalism, literature, science, architecture, music, and history help support and challenge the general public’s civic behavior in general and their attachment to the American regime in particular.
What Should We Do
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Author : Peter Levine
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022
What Should We Do written by Peter Levine and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Political Science categories.
"Active and responsible citizens form or join and sustain functional groups in which they ask the fundamental civic question: What should we do? In these groups, they characteristically face problems of collective action (such as free-riding), of discourse (e.g., propaganda and ideology), and of exclusion. Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School of political economy demonstrate that collective-action problems can be solved and suggest "design principles" that increase the odds of success. Jürgen Habermas argues that people can deliberate; experiments with deliberative democracy offer insights about what makes these conversations go well. Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. offer models of nonviolent social movements that indicate how to address problems of exclusion. Good civic action requires insights from these three traditions of theory and practice. This book concludes with a synthesis of the three traditions that also addresses the challenge of scale: how to preserve intentional, ethical, collective action when millions or billions of people are involved. The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-6 and the current Black Lives Matter movement provide detailed examples. This book also proposes an alternative approach to political theory that focuses on individuals in voluntary groups rather than governments or whole societies"--
Jumping Into Civic Life
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Author : Scott J. Peters
language : en
Publisher: Kettering Foundation
Release Date : 2018-08-22
Jumping Into Civic Life written by Scott J. Peters and has been published by Kettering Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-22 with Education categories.
Through detailed oral histories, this book helps to open our imagination to the possibilities for professionals to make contributions to the task of making democracy work as it should. The firsthand stories of public work in these oral histories are told by professionals from six different U.S. states who entered civic life as active participants. They help us see what it means and takes to be a "citizen professional" who respects and supports the capacities, intelligence, expertise, and agency of others.
Look Up
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Author : JOAN. LAMACHIA
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-01-07
Look Up written by JOAN. LAMACHIA and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-07 with categories.
Diminished Democracy
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Author : Theda Skocpol
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2013-06-14
Diminished Democracy written by Theda Skocpol and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-14 with Political Science categories.
Pundits and social observers have voiced alarm each year as fewer Americans involve themselves in voluntary groups that meet regularly. Thousands of nonprofit groups have been launched in recent times, but most are run by professionals who lobby Congress or deliver social services to clients. What will happen to U.S. democracy if participatory groups and social movements wither, while civic involvement becomes one more occupation rather than every citizens right and duty? In Diminished Democracy, Theda Skocpol shows that this decline in public involvement has not always been the case in this countryand how, by understanding the causes of this change, we might reverse it.
The Civic Life Of American Religion
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Author : Paul Lichterman
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2009
The Civic Life Of American Religion written by Paul Lichterman and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
Presents lively, research-based essays by premier social scientists on the positive and negative roles of religious groups in American public life.
Inquiry Design Model
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Author : Kathy Swan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Inquiry Design Model written by Kathy Swan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Inquiry-based learning categories.
The News And Public Opinion
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Author : Maxwell McCombs
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2011-10-10
The News And Public Opinion written by Maxwell McCombs and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-10 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The daily news plays a major role in the continuously changing mix of thoughts, feelings and behavior that defines public opinion. The News & Public Opinion details these effects of the news media on the sequence of outcomes that collectively shape public opinion, beginning with initial attention to the various news media and their contents and extending to the effects of this exposure on the acquisition of information, formation of attitudes and opinions and to the consequences of all these elements for participation in public life. Sometimes called the hierarchy of media effects, this sequence of outcomes describes the communication process involved in the formation of public opinion. Although the media landscape is undergoing rapid change, key elements remain the same, and The News & Public Opinion emphasizes these basic principles of communication established over decades of empirical social science investigations into the impact of mass communication on public opinion. The primary audience for this book is students, both advanced undergraduates and graduate students, as well as members of the general public who want to understand the role of the news media in our civic life.
Understanding Citizen Journalism As Civic Participation
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Author : Seungahn Nah
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-02-17
Understanding Citizen Journalism As Civic Participation written by Seungahn Nah and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Understanding Citizen Journalism as Civic Participation re-conceptualizes citizen journalism in the context of Habermas’s theory of the public sphere and communicative action, to examine how citizen journalism practice as civic participation may contribute to a heathier community and democracy in the civil society context. Citizen journalism has garnered growing attention owing to the participation of ordinary citizens in the performance of news production. Drawing on the authors’ decade-long collaboration on citizen journalism scholarship, this book posits a theoretical framework that relies on diverse communication perspectives to understand citizen journalism practice and its democratic consequences. This book will be of great relevance to scholars, researchers, professionals and policy makers working in the field of journalism and media studies, culture studies, and communication studies.
Teaching
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Teaching written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.