Democracy at risk how political choices undermine citizen participation and what we can do about it /

"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"--Prov...

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Macedo, Stephen, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2005.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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.