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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524705003321

Autore

Crenson Matthew A. <1943-, >

Titolo

Downsizing Democracy : How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public / / Matthew A. Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Johns Hopkins University Press

ISBN

1-4214-3067-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 294 pages))

Altri autori (Persone)

GinsbergBenjamin

Soggetti

Politics and government

Political participation

Democracy - Citizen participation

Democracy - United States - Citizen participation

Political participation - United States

Electronic books.

United States

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License

Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.

Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press in 2002

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 -- Does anyone need citizens?

Sommario/riassunto

Originally publushed in 2002. In Downsizing Democracy, Matthew A. Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg describe how the once powerful idea of a collective citizenry has given way to a concept of personal, autonomous democracy. Today, political change is effected through litigation, lobbying, and term limits, rather than active participation in the political process, resulting in narrow special interest groups



dominating state and federal decision-making. At a time when an American's investment in the democratic process has largely been reduced to an annual contribution to a political party or organization, Downsizing Democracy offers a critical reassessment of American democracy.