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Crenson, Matthew A., 1943-,

Downsizing Democracy How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public / Matthew A. Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg. - 1 online resource (1 online resource xii, 294 pages) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License Open 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 2002

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?

Open Access

ISBN: 9781421430683

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Politics and government
Political participation.
Democracy--Citizen participation.
Democracy--Citizen participation.--United States
Political participation--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.
United States--Politics and government.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JK1764 / .C74 2002