LEADER 03293oam 22005774a 450 001 9910524705003321 005 20230621135354.0 010 $a1-4214-3067-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000010461137 035 $a(OCoLC)1137756864 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse82396 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88857 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010461137 100 $a20191230h20192002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDownsizing Democracy$eHow America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public /$fMatthew A. Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg 210 $cJohns Hopkins University Press 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 294 pages)) 300 $aThe text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License 300 $aOpen access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. 300 $aOriginally published as Johns Hopkins Press in 2002 311 $a1-4214-3068-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrom 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? 330 $aOriginally 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. 606 $aPolitics and government$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01919741 606 $aPolitical participation$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01069386 606 $aDemocracy$xCitizen participation$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00890079 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States$xCitizen participation 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$2fast 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aConstitution: government & the state 615 0$aPolitics and government 615 0$aPolitical participation. 615 0$aDemocracy$xCitizen participation. 615 0$aDemocracy$xCitizen participation. 615 0$aPolitical participation 700 $aCrenson$b Matthew A.$f1943-, $01131102 701 $aGinsberg$b Benjamin$0143301 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524705003321 996 $aDownsizing Democracy$92784179 997 $aUNINA