Democracy at Risk: How Political Choices Undermine Citizen Participation

Description: Democracy at Risk: How Political Choices Undermine Citizen Participation Product Description Voter turnout was unusually high in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. At first glance, that level of participationlargely spurred by war in Iraq and a burgeoning culture war at homemight look like vindication of democracy. If the recent past is any indication, however, too many Americans will soon return to apathy and inactivity. Clearly, all is not well in our civic life. Citizens are participating in public affairs too infrequently, too unequally, and in too few venues to develop and sustain a robust democracy. This important new book explores the problem of America's decreasing involvement in its own affairs. D emocracy at Risk reveals the dangers of civic disengagement for the future of representative democracy. The authors, all eminent scholars, undertake three main tasks: documenting recent trends in civic engagement, exploring the influence that the design of political institutions and public policies have had on those trends, and recommending steps that will increase the amount and quality of civic engagement in America. The authors focus their attention on three key areas: the electoral process, including elections and the way people get involved; the impact of location, including demographic shifts and changing development patterns; and the critical role of nonprofit organizations and voluntary associations, including the philanthropy that help keep them going. This important project, initially sponsored by the American Political Science Association, tests the proposition that social science has useful insights on the state of our democratic life. Most importantly, it charts a course for reinvigorating civic participation in the world's oldest democracy. The authors: Stephen Macedo (Princeton University), Yvette Alex-Assensoh (Indiana University), Jeffrey M. Berry (Tufts), Michael Brintnall (American Political Science Association), David E. Campbell (Notre Dame), Luis Ricardo Fraga (Stanford), Archon Fung (Harvard), William A. Galston (University of Maryland), Christopher F. Karpowitz (Princeton), Margaret Levi (University of Washington), Meira Levinson (Radcliffe Institute), Keena Lipsitz (California-Berkeley), Richard G. Niemi (University of Rochester), Robert D. Putnam (Harvard), Wendy M. Rahn (University of Minnesota), Keith Reeves (Swarthmore), Rob Reich (Stanford), Robert R. Rodgers (Princeton), Todd Swanstrom (Saint Louis University), and Katherine Cramer Walsh (University of Wisconsin). Review "An Outstanding Academic Title" CHOICE, 1/1/2006 "An important resource for teaching and for guiding further research on citizen participation. It is clearly written and accessible to people outside as well as within the academy. An impressive collaboration of which political scientists can be proud, this book should be of interest to all who care about the state of citizenship and what may be done to improve it." Theda Skocpol, Harvard University "This is a 'must read' book for those interested in democracy and American politics. It makes the reader ponder what democracy is about, how we are doing, and what the prospects are for the future....This book is an important contribution to the contemporary debate on American democracy." Russell Dalton, University of California, Irvine, Democracy & Society "These scholars have made a valuable contribution to our understanding and potentially have instigated an ongoing and deliberative discussion on this important topic. Political scientists and the general public will find the report interesting and informative. Democracy at Risk would be a useful secondary textbook for classes in American politics." James L. Danielson, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Perspectives on Political Science, 9/1/2006 "this book presents an excellent sketch not only of contemporary American political life, but of the debates about engagement, civic vitality and individual freedom which cut across a range of disciplines, and as such it is an importan Features Used Book in Good Condition Details Product Dimensions: 5.98424 x 0.5452745 x 9.01573 inches Item Weight: 0.73 pounds Shipping Weight: 0.73 pounds Manufacturer: Brookings Institution Press Item MPN: Illustrated Item part number: Illustrated IMPORTANT NOTICE: DUE TO THE PRESENT ISSUES AT THE USPS, SHIPMENTS ARE SOMETIMES BEING DELAYED BEYOND MY CONTROL. PLEASE DO NOT FILE CLAIMS, CONTACT ME FIRST. ALL SHIPMENTS *WILL* ARRIVE, BUT MAY BE LATER THAN EXPECTED UNTIL THIS TEMPORARY SITUATION AT USPS IS RESOLVED. We take our reputation seriously, we buy and sell online, so we understand the value of trust. 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