Democracy at risk
Subtitle: how political choices undermine citizen participation and what we can do about it
By: Stephen Macedo ... [et al.].
Contributors: Macedo, Stephen, 1957-
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780815754046; 9780815754053
Subjects: Political participation -- United States.; Citizenship -- United States.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Toward a political science of citizenship; title: National electoral processes; title: The American metropolis; title: Associational life and the nonprofit and philanthropic sector; title: Conclusion: Assessing our political science of citizenship.