Attention Deficit Democracy : The Paradox of Civic Engagement /

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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
Autor principal: Berger, Ben, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Political participation.
Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Political participation > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The rules of engagement
  • Political engagement as intrinsic good: Arendt and company
  • Political engagement as instrumental good: Tocqueville, attention deficit, and energy
  • Is political engagement better than sex?
  • Conclusion: Tocqueville vs. the full monty.

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