{"product_id":"narratives-of-civic-duty-9781501765476","title":"Narratives of Civic Duty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarratives of Civic Duty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Aram Hur investigates the impulse behind a sense of civic duty in democracies.\u003c\/b\u003e Why do some citizens feel a responsibility to vote, pay taxes, or take up arms in defense of one''s country? Through comparing democratic societies in East Asia and elsewhere, Hur shows that the sense of obligation to be a good citizenupon which the resilience of a democracy dependsemerges from a force long thought to be detrimental to democracy itself: national attachments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNationalism''s illiberal and exclusive tendencies are typically viewed as disruptive to democratic processes, but Hur argues that there is nothing inherently antidemocratic about nationalism. Rather, whether nationalism helps or hinders democracy is shaped by the historicized relationship between a national people and their democratic state. When national stories portray that relationship as one of mutual commitment, nationalism strengthens democracies by motivating widesp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Duty, against the Odds \u003cbr\u003e 2. A National Theory of Civic Duty \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. National Stories in South Korea and Taiwan \u003cbr\u003e 4. Strong Civic Duty in the Name of Nation in South Korea\u003cbr\u003e 5. Weak Civic Duty and Fragmented Nation in Taiwan \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Stunted Civic Duty in Reunified Germany\u003cbr\u003e 7. Nationalism and Civic Duty across the World\u003cbr\u003e 8. Civic Challenges to Democracy in East Asia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409364459863,"sku":"9781501765476","price":86.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501765476.jpg?v=1730506553","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/narratives-of-civic-duty-9781501765476","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}