Citizen Democracy

Political Activists in a Cynical Age

Stephen E. Frantzich (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

292 Seiten

2008 | Third Edition
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-7425-6445-9 (ISBN)

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Apathy and antipathy toward politics are epidemic. Citizen Democracy provides the antidote. In this revised and updated edition, Stephen E. Frantzich portrays citizens from every walk of life—rich and poor, old and young, black and white, male and female, left and right, famous and obscure—as they choose to become involved in politics at a level to which readers can relate. Some of the stories contain unexpected twists. Candy Lightner, the founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, now works as a liquor industry lobbyist and argues that MADD has gone too far. College freshman Gregory Watson reacted to receiving a “C” on a political science paper by quitting school and becoming the driving force behind passage of a constitutional amendment that had been the subject of his paper. Two young women independently wrote letters of application to the U.S. Naval Academy and in the process moved military education in the direction of gender neutrality. Citizen Democracy shows ordinary people engaged in extraordinary civic activity. Their causes run the gamut from civil rights to flag burning, from the Internet to the environment—but their common cause is the fact that they creatively entered the arena of national public policy making and made a difference.

Stephen E. Frantzich is professor of political science at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Constitution and Democratic Theory Chapter 3 Federalism Chapter 4 Civil Rights Chapter 5 Civil Liberties Chapter 6 Media Chapter 7 Interest Groups Chapter 8 Campaigns and Elections Chapter 9 Direct Democracy Chapter 10 Congress Chapter 11 The Presidency Chapter 12 The Judical Process and the Courts Chapter 13 The Bureaucracy Chapter 14 Short Shots with Careful Aim Chapter 15 Kids in Action Chapter 16 Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.10.2008
Reihe/Serie	People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 240 mm
Gewicht	594 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7425-6445-2 / 0742564452
ISBN-13	978-0-7425-6445-9 / 9780742564459
Zustand	Neuware