Close to Home, One at a Time, Not in My Backyard: Individualism and the Mantras of Depoliticization in US Reform Discourses
The U.S. has a vibrant history of civic activism fueled by a strong individualistic tradition. But while stimulating critical views of the status quo, the individualist mindset has simultaneously acted as a brake on the democratic imagination by promoting the cultural narrative according to which me...
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European Association for American Studies
2019-07-01
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| Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ejas/14663 |