Downsizing Democracy(English, Paperback, Crenson Matthew A.)

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Downsizing Democracy(English, Paperback, Crenson Matthew A.) is written by Crenson Matthew A. and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1421430673 (ISBN 10) and 9781421430676 (ISBN 13).

Originally publushed in 2002. In Downsizing Democracy, Matthew A. Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg describe how the once powerful idea of a collective citizenry has given way to a concept of personal, autonomous democracy. Today, political change is effected through litigation, lobbying, and term limits, rather than active participation in the political process, resulting in narrow special interest groups dominating state and federal decision-making. At a time when an American's investment in the democratic process has largely been reduced to an annual contribution to a political party or organization, Downsizing Democracy offers a critical reassessment of American democracy.