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Private Individualism and Political Withdrawal, Part 3

Posted by Paul Lachelier on Thursday, January 14, 2010.

This is the third in a series of articles on politically disengaging forms of individualism (part 1 and part 2). This series explores the connections between individualism(s) and politics through in-depth interviews I conducted with young (20s and 30s) American professionals for a book I am writing on American political culture.
Individualism is a word familiar [...]

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Age, Race, Ethnicity, and Electoral Competition in the 2008 Election

Posted by David Hill on Monday, October 19, 2009.

To state that the 2008 presidential election was historic is, of course, now a bit passé.  The election, however, was historic.  Not only did 2008 witness the first African-American and female candidates with a legitimate chance of winning the presidency (and the first woman on the national Republican ticket), the American electorate, in fact, elected [...]

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Reconnecting with America’s Invisible Democracy

Posted by Paul Lachelier on Saturday, September 12, 2009.

Ask Americans to tell you whatever comes to mind when they think of the word “politics” and to no one’s surprise, a lot of what they say will be negative.  But beyond the negative association with politics, there is another pattern less often noted yet perhaps just as significant for democracy in America: when most [...]

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