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The Varieties of Civic Experience

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ID4525317
AuthorsM Schudson (0000-0002-0086-0743, University of California San Diego, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume10
Issue5
Pages591-606
Publication date2006-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621020600955033
OpenAlexW2041695978
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited10

Scholars, including Robert Putnam and Theda Skocpol, in documenting declining civic participation in the US over the past 50 years, have arrived at a view of civic or political engagement that is too narrow. They disparage activity that is insufficiently oriented to the public good, transitory, individualistic, and lacking in risk or sacrifice. Their view is misleading. Activities that seem privatistic, transitory, individualistic, or low-cost may have far-reaching civic benefits

Citizenship · Civic engagement · Environmental ethics · Individualism · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sacrifice · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · History · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Social Media and Politics

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Unique citing works21
Citations per year1,24
Citation span2009 - 2025 (17)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 19

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