Attention deficit democracy : the paradox of civic engagement

Attention deficit democracy : the paradox of civic engagement / Ben Berger.

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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Main Author: Berger, Ben, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Political participation > United States.
Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Democracy
Political participation
United States
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