01987nam a2200361Ia 4500 ebr10120594 CaPaEBR 20260707183753.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 050428s2005 dcua sb 001 0 eng d 2005012395 0815797869 0815754043 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815754051 (paper : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)647486504 JK1764 .D48 2005eb 148666 119918 Democracy at risk [electronic resource] : how political choices undermine citizen participation and what we can do about it / Stephen Macedo ... [et al.]. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2005. ix, 228 p. : ill. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Political participation United States. 252 Citizenship United States. 27223 Electronic books. local 190 Macedo, Stephen, 1957- 119992 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10120594 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 148666 119918