Downsizing Democracy: How America Sidelined

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.

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.

Preface	ix
Introduction to the Paperback Edition	xiii
Chapter 1 From Popular to Personal Democracy	1	(19)
Chapter 2 The Rise and Fall of the Citizen	20	(27)
Chapter 3 Elections without Voters	47	(33)
Chapter 4 The Old Patronage and the New	80	(26)
Chapter 5 Disunited We Stand	106	(16)
Chapter 6 From Masses to Mailing Lists	122	(30)
Chapter 7 The Jurisprudence of Personal Democracy	152	(30)
Chapter 8 Movements without Members	182	(16)
Chapter 9 Privatizing the Public	198	(36)
Chapter 10 Does Anyone Need Citizens?	234	(11)
Notes	245	(40)
Index	285

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Downsizing Democracy: How America Sidelined It's Citizens and Privatized It's Public

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