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Attention deficit democracy : the paradox of civic engagement /

Handwringing about political apathy is as old as democracy itself. As early as 425 BC, the playwright Aristophanes ridiculed his fellow Athenians for gossiping in the market instead of voting. In more recent decades, calls for greater civic engagement as a democratic cure-all have met with widesprea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berger, Ben, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Handwringing about political apathy is as old as democracy itself. As early as 425 BC, the playwright Aristophanes ridiculed his fellow Athenians for gossiping in the market instead of voting. In more recent decades, calls for greater civic engagement as a democratic cure-all have met with widespread agreement. But how realistic--or helpful--is it to expect citizens to devote more attention and energy to politics? In Attention Deficit Democracy, Ben Berger provides a surprising new perspective on the problem of civic engagement, challenging idealists who aspire to revolutionize democracies and their citizens, but also taking issue with cynics who think that citizens cannot, and need not, do better.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 201 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400840311
1400840317
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9781283195133
9786613195135
6613195138