Downsizing democracy : how America sidelined its citizens and privatized its public / Matthew A. Crenson, Benjamin Ginsberg.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crenson, Matthew A., 1943-
Other Authors: Ginsberg, Benjamin
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Political participation > United States.
Democracy > United States > Citizen participation.
United States > Politics and government.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xii, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • From popular to personal democracy
  • The rise and fall of the citizen
  • Elections without voters
  • Political parties: the old patronage and the new
  • Disunited we stand
  • From masses to mailing lists
  • The jurisprudence of personal democracy
  • Movements without members
  • Privatizing the public
  • Conclusion: does anyone need citizens?