The Will to Empower: Democratic Citizens and Other Subjects,Used

The Will to Empower: Democratic Citizens and Other Subjects,Used

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How 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 selfgoverning citizens through the smallscale 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 selfhelp schemes to the organized promotion of selfesteem awarenessshe 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.

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