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Democracy at risk [electronic resource] : how political choices undermine citizen participation and what we can do about it / Stephen Macedo ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Macedo, Stephen, 1957- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2005Description: ix, 228 p. : ill.Subject(s): Political participation -- United States | Citizenship -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.