Attention Deficit Democracy:The Paradox of Civic Engagement/ Ben Berger.
Physical description:
xi, 201 p. ill. 24 cm.;
Bibliographic notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.;
Author(s): BERGER, Ben;
ISBN:
9780691144689 (pbk.;
Subjects: Political participation --United States.;
Democracy.;
Formatted contents notes:
Preface -- Introduction -- The rules of engagement -- Political engagement as intrinsic good: Arendt and company -- Political engagement as instrumental good: Tocqueville, attention deficit, and energy -- Is political engagement better than sex? -- Conclusion: Tocqueville vs. the full monty.;
Publisher:
Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press , c2011.;
Call number: 323.0420973 BER;
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