Jane Addams and the Practice of Democracy

by Marilyn Fischer (Editor), Carol Nackenoff (Editor), Wendy Chmielewski (Editor), Harriet Hyman Alonso (Contribution by), Victoria Bissell Brown (Contribution by)

Overview

Using a rich array of newly available sources and contemporary methodologies from many disciplines, the ten original essays in this volume give a fresh appraisal of Addams as a theorist and practitioner of democracy. In an increasingly interdependent world, Addams's life work offers resources for activists, scholars, policy makers, and theorists alike. This volume demonstrates how scholars continue to interpret Addams as a model for transcending disciplinary boundaries, generating theory out of concrete experience, and keeping theory and practice in close and fruitful dialogue.

Contributors are Harriet Hyman Alonso, Victoria Bissell Brown, Wendy Chmielewski, Marilyn Fischer, Shannon Jackson, Louise W. Knight, Carol Nackenoff, Karen Pastorello, Wendy Sarvasay, Charlene Haddock Seigfried, and Camilla Stivers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780252091223
Publisher:	University of Illinois Press
Publication date:	10/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	496 KB

About the Author

Marilyn Fischer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Dayton and a coeditor of a four-volume set of Jane Addams's Writings on Peace. Carol Nackenoff is Richter Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College and the author of The Fictional Republic: Horatio Alger and American Political Discourse. Wendy Chmielewski is the George Cooley Curator of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, which holds the largest collection of Jane Addams's papers and other material related to Addams and her work for peace.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Marilyn Fischer, Carol Nackenoff, Wendy Chmielewski Part I: Addams's Experimental Method 1. The Sermon of the Deed: Jane Addams's Spiritual Evolution Victoria Bissell Brown 2. The Courage of One's Convictions or the Conviction of One's Courage? Jane Addams's Principled Compromises Charlene Haddock Seigfried Part II: Jane Addams and the Practice of Democratic Citizenship 3. Jane Addams's Theory of Cooperation Louise W. Knight 4. A Civic Machinery for Democratic Expression: Jane Addams on Public Administration Camilla Stivers 5. "The Transfigured Few": Jane Addams, Bessie Abramowitz Hillman, and Immigrant Women Workers in Chicago, 1905-1915 Karen Pastorello 6. New Politics for New Selves: Jane Addams's Legacy for Democratic Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century Carol Nackenoff 7. Toward a Queer Social Welfare Studies: Unsettling Jane Addams Shannon Jackson Part III: Democratic Cosmopolitanism and Peace 8. The Conceptual Scaffolding of Newer Ideals of Peace Marilyn Fischer 9. A Global "Common Table": Jane Addams's Theory of Democratic Cosmopolitanism and World Social Citizenship Wendy Sarvasy 10. Can Jane Addams Serve as a Role Model for Us Today? Harriet Hyman Alonso Contributors Index

Editorial Reviews

"Profound and comprehensive."—Peace and Change

"This excellent volume illuminates the template Nobel Prize winner Jane Addams forged by conceptualizing citizenship to include welfare rights, appreciation for diversity, and peace-oriented global connections. This book belongs in the hands of activists, scholars, policy makers, and concerned citizens alike."—Eileen McDonagh, author of The Motherless State: Women's Political Leadership and American Democracy

"A coherent, thoughtful volume that promises to introduce a new generation of students to the thought of Jane Addams. Theorists of all sorts will have to grapple with her ideas about citizenship, participation, peace, care, diversity and difference, and building a better community."—Eileen Boris, coeditor of The Practice of U.S. Women's History: Narratives, Intersections, and Dialogues

"A treasure trove of new Jane Addams scholarship that confirms her continuing relevance to our new century. As these essays clearly demonstrate, on the crucial areas of immigration, democratization, globalization, and gender issues, Addams was light years ahead of her time."—Larry Hickman, author of Pragmatism as Post-Postmodernism: Lessons from John Dewey

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