Crenson, Matthew A., 1943-

Downsizing Democracy : How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public / Matthew A. Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg. - 1 online resource (310 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press in 2002. Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License.

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?

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Democracy--Citizen participation.
Political participation.
Politics and government.
Participation politique--États-Unis.
Political participation--United States.
Democracy--Citizen participation.--United States


United States.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement.
United States--Politics and government.


Electronic books.