Downsizing Democracy
How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public
Published on 28. April 2020
310 pages
978-1-4214-3735-4 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
1,49 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4214-3735-4 (9781421437354)
DOI
10.1353/book.72712
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Matthew A. Crenson | Benjamin Ginsberg
Downsizing Democracy
How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public
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04/2020
Johns Hopkins University Press
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Matthew A. Crenson | Benjamin Ginsberg
Downsizing Democracy
How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public
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05/2004
Johns Hopkins University Press
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Matthew A. Crenson | Thomas Stanton
Downsizing Democracy
How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public
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11/2002
Johns Hopkins University Press
€48.50
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Persons
Matthew A. Crenson is a professor of political science at the Johns Hopkins University whose books include Building the Invisible Orphanage and Neighborhood Politics. Benjamin Ginsberg is the David Bernstein Professor of Political Science and director of the Center for the Study of American Government at the Johns Hopkins University. His books include Politics by Other Means and American Government: Freedom and Power.
Content
Preface
Chapter 1. From Popular to Personal Democracy
Chapter 2. The Rise and Fall of the Citizen
Chapter 3. Elections Without Voters
Chapter 4. The Old Patronage and the New
Chapter 5. Disunited We Stand
Chapter 6. From Masses to Mailing Lists
Chapter 7. The Jurisprudence of Personal Democracy
Chapter 8. Movements without Members
Chapter 9. Privatizing the Public
Chapter 10. Does Anyone Need Citizens?
Notes
Index
Chapter 1. From Popular to Personal Democracy
Chapter 2. The Rise and Fall of the Citizen
Chapter 3. Elections Without Voters
Chapter 4. The Old Patronage and the New
Chapter 5. Disunited We Stand
Chapter 6. From Masses to Mailing Lists
Chapter 7. The Jurisprudence of Personal Democracy
Chapter 8. Movements without Members
Chapter 9. Privatizing the Public
Chapter 10. Does Anyone Need Citizens?
Notes
Index
