We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For

by Peter Levine

Book Overview

Chronic unemployment, deindustrialized cities, and mass incarceration are among the grievous social problems that will not yield unless American citizens address them.

Peter Levine's We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For is a primer for anyone motivated to help revive our fragile civic life and restore citizens' public role. After offering a novel theory of active citizenship, a diagnosis of its decline, and a searing critique of our political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019993942X
• ISBN13: 9780199939428
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"