LEADER 04846nam 2201057 a 450 001 9910456512103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-19513-5 010 $a9786613195135 010 $a1-4008-4031-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400840311 035 $a(CKB)2550000000043034 035 $a(EBL)740294 035 $a(OCoLC)748241773 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000534228 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11329774 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534228 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10492863 035 $a(PQKB)10726439 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC740294 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000406831 035 $a(OCoLC)754714991 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43157 035 $a(DE-B1597)453771 035 $a(OCoLC)979579308 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400840311 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL740294 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10488651 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL319513 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000043034 100 $a20110502d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAttention deficit democracy$b[electronic resource] $ethe paradox of civic engagement /$fBen Berger 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14468-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- Introduction -- The rules of engagement -- Political engagement as intrinsic good: Arendt and company -- Political engagement as instrumental good: Tocqueville, attention deficit, and energy -- Is political engagement better than sex? -- Conclusion: Tocqueville vs. the full monty. 330 $aHandwringing about political apathy is as old as democracy itself. As early as 425 BC, the playwright Aristophanes ridiculed his fellow Athenians for gossiping in the market instead of voting. In more recent decades, calls for greater civic engagement as a democratic cure-all have met with widespread agreement. But how realistic--or helpful--is it to expect citizens to devote more attention and energy to politics? In Attention Deficit Democracy, Ben Berger provides a surprising new perspective on the problem of civic engagement, challenging idealists who aspire to revolutionize democracies and their citizens, but also taking issue with cynics who think that citizens cannot--and need not--do better. "Civic engagement" has become an unwieldy and confusing catchall, Berger argues. We should talk instead of political, social, and moral engagement, figuring out which kinds of engagement make democracy work better, and how we might promote them. Focusing on political engagement and taking Alexis de Tocqueville and Hannah Arendt as his guides, Berger identifies ways to achieve the political engagement we want and need without resorting to coercive measures such as compulsory national service or mandatory voting. By providing a realistic account of the value of political engagement and practical strategies for improving it, while avoiding proposals we can never hope to achieve, Attention Deficit Democracy makes a persuasive case for a public philosophy that much of the public can actually endorse. 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States 606 $aDemocracy 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aAlexis de Tocqueville. 610 $aHannah Arendt. 610 $aattention deficit. 610 $aattention. 610 $acivic engagement. 610 $acivil associations. 610 $ademocracy. 610 $aenergy. 610 $ainstrumental good. 610 $ainstrumental value. 610 $aintrinsic good. 610 $aintrinsic value. 610 $ainvisibility. 610 $aisolation. 610 $aliberal democracy. 610 $amaterialism. 610 $amoral engagement. 610 $aparticipatory democracy. 610 $apolitical apathy. 610 $apolitical associations. 610 $apolitical education. 610 $apolitical engagement. 610 $apolitical governance. 610 $apolitical institutions. 610 $apolitical mobilization. 610 $apolitics. 610 $apublic freedom. 610 $apublic philosophy. 610 $aself-interest. 610 $asocial engagement. 610 $atotalitarianism. 610 $atownship administration. 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aDemocracy. 676 $a323/.0420973 700 $aBerger$b Ben$f1968-$01050487 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456512103321 996 $aAttention deficit democracy$92480295 997 $aUNINA