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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2011.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.