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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781501733918
035 _a(DE-B1597)535288
035 _a(OCoLC)1129154126
040 _aDE-B1597
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072 7 _aPHI019000
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aCruikshank, Barbara
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Will to Empower :
_bDemocratic Citizens and Other Subjects /
_cBarbara Cruikshank.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©1999
300 _a1 online resource (160 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction: Small Things --
_t1. Democratic Subjects --
_t2. The Liberal Arts of Governance --
_t3. The Will to Empower: Technologies of Citizenship and the War on Poverty --
_t4. Revolutions Within: Self-Government and Self-Esteem --
_t5. Welfare Queens: Ruling by Number --
_tConclusion: Iteration --
_tNotes --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aHow do liberal democracies produce citizens who are capable of governing themselves? In considering this question, Barbara Cruikshank rethinks central topics in political theory, including the relationship between welfare and citizenship, democracy and despotism, and subjectivity and subjection. Drawing on theories of power and the creation of subjects, Cruikshank argues that individuals in a democracy are made into self-governing citizens through the small-scale and everyday practices of voluntary associations, reform movements, and social service programs. She argues that our empowerment is a measure of our subjection rather than of our autonomy from power. Through a close examination of several contemporary American "technologies of citizenship"—from welfare rights struggles to philanthropic self-help schemes to the organized promotion of self-esteem awareness—she demonstrates how social mobilization reshapes the political in ways largely unrecognized in democratic theory. Although the impact of a given reform movement may be minor, the techniques it develops for creating citizens far extend the reach of govermental authority. Combining a detailed knowledge of social policy and practice with insights from poststructural and feminist theory, The Will to Empower shows how democratic citizens and the political are continually recreated.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 4 _aPhilosophy.
650 4 _aPolitical Science & Political History.
650 7 _aPHILOSOPHY / Political.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9781501733918
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