01786nam 2200457 450 991079255170332120180207083520.01-4985-1420-0(CKB)3710000001010693(MiAaPQ)EBC4778912(EXLCZ)99371000000101069320170119h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCivic failure and its threat to democracy operator error /Chapman RackawayLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2017.©20171 online resource (219 pages)1-4985-1419-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Sowing the seeds of civic failure -- A primer on republican democracy -- Taking the parties out -- The effects of partisan decline -- The semi-sovereign media -- The state of the American voter -- The dream and the nightmare of term limits -- The promise and the despair of campaign finance reform -- Leading by following, or, The unreasonable expectations on the political class -- Look forward, angel -- A pathway to American revival.VotingUnited StatesPolitical participationUnited StatesVoting researchUnited StatesPolitical cultureUnited StatesVotingPolitical participationVoting researchPolitical culture324.60973Rackaway Chapman1211170MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792551703321Civic failure and its threat to democracy3719922UNINA