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Democracy at risk : how political choices undermine citizen participation and what we can do about it
Title
Democracy at risk : how political choices undermine citizen participation and what we can do about it / Stephen Macedo [and others].
ISBN
9780815754046 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815754043 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815754053 (paper : alk. paper)
0815754051 (paper : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.
Physical Description
ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Documents how recent trends in civic engagement have been shaped by political institutions and public policies and recommends ways to increase the amount, quality, and distribution of civic engagement, focusing on elections, the metropolis, and the nonprofit sector and philanthropy"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 27, 2005
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Toward a political science of citizenship
National electoral processes
The American metropolis
Associational life and the nonprofit and philanthropic sector
Conclusion: Assessing our political science of citizenship.
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