TY - BOOK
T1 - Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy: Confronting Polarization, Misinformation, and Suppression
AU - Greene Taylor, Natalie
AU - Kettnich, Karen
AU - Gorham, Ursula
AU - Jaeger, Paul T.
N1 - Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy focuses on how libraries coordinate their work in political and information literacy and how these efforts can be improved, the recommendations and examples within which will serve as inspiration and motivation to its readers.
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - This latest volume of the Advances in Librarianship series presents original research exploring the modern state of democracies and social institutions, the contributions of libraries to the health and progress of democracies, and the political problems currently facing libraries as institutions. It details the best practices of library programs that provide political literacy education and promote civic engagement within communities. These practices include ways in which libraries can help diffuse political polarization, address significant policy issues of our day, promote political information literacy, support civic engagement, and facilitate participation in democratic processes.
AB - This latest volume of the Advances in Librarianship series presents original research exploring the modern state of democracies and social institutions, the contributions of libraries to the health and progress of democracies, and the political problems currently facing libraries as institutions. It details the best practices of library programs that provide political literacy education and promote civic engagement within communities. These practices include ways in which libraries can help diffuse political polarization, address significant policy issues of our day, promote political information literacy, support civic engagement, and facilitate participation in democratic processes.
UR - https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Libraries-and-the-Global-Retreat-of-Democracy/?k=9781839825972
M3 - Book
VL - 50
BT - Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy: Confronting Polarization, Misinformation, and Suppression
ER -