03293oam 22005774a 450 991052470500332120230621135354.01-4214-3067-3(CKB)4100000010461137(OCoLC)1137756864(MdBmJHUP)muse82396(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88857(EXLCZ)99410000001046113720191230h20192002 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDownsizing DemocracyHow America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public /Matthew A. Crenson and Benjamin GinsbergJohns Hopkins University Press1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 294 pages))The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International LicenseOpen 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 20021-4214-3068-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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?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.Politics and governmentfast(OCoLC)fst01919741Political participationfast(OCoLC)fst01069386DemocracyCitizen participationfast(OCoLC)fst00890079DemocracyUnited StatesCitizen participationPolitical participationUnited StatesUnited StatesfastUnited StatesPolitics and governmentElectronic books. Constitution: government & the statePolitics and governmentPolitical participation.DemocracyCitizen participation.DemocracyCitizen participation.Political participationCrenson Matthew A.1943-, 1131102Ginsberg Benjamin143301MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524705003321Downsizing Democracy2784179UNINA