The Search for Political Community: American Activists Reinventing Commitment

by Paul Lichterman

Book Overview

This book challenges the myth that individualism necessarily weakens commitments to the common good. It examines environmental and other activist groups in which individualism sometimes enhances political commitment. Rather than criticize individualism and favor a return to traditional values, Paul Lichterman examines the untraditional, personalized politics of many recent social movements and invites us to rethink common understandings of commitment,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521483433
• ISBN13: 9780521483438
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"