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Author Wong, Cara, 1970-

Title Boundaries of obligation in American politics : geographic, national, and racial communities / Cara J. Wong.

Publication Info. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 264 pages) : illustrations.
text file
Series Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology
Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-261) and index.
Contents Community and special obligations -- The boundaries of imagined communities -- Imagined gates and neighbors -- Restricting national boundaries -- Blurring the color line.
Summary "This book shows how ordinary Americans imagine their communities and the extent to which their communities' boundaries determine who they believe should benefit from the government's resources via redistributive policies. By contributing extensive empirical analyses to a largely theoretical discussion, it highlights the subjective nature of communities while confronting the elusive task of pinning down "pictures in people's heads."" "A deeper understanding of people's definitions of their communities and how they affect feelings of duties and obligations provides a new lens through which to look at diverse societies and the potential for both civic solidarity and humanitarian aid. This book analyzes three different types of communities and more than eight national surveys. Cara J. Wong finds that the decision to help only those within certain borders and to ignore the needs of those outside rests, to a certain extent, on whether and how people translate their sense of community into obligations."--Jacket.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Political obligation.
Political obligation.
Distributive justice -- United States.
Distributive justice.
United States.
Community power -- United States.
Community power.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1989-
Since 1989
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9786612560811
ISBN 0521691842 (paper)
9780521691840 (paper)
0521871328 (cloth)
9780521871327 (cloth)
9780511712616 (electronic book)
0511712618 (electronic book)
9780511802874 (electronic book)
0511802870 (electronic book)
Standard No. 9786612560811
99950384499

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