{"product_id":"american-democracy-9780745662336","title":"American Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, sociologist Andrew Perrin shows that rules and institutions, while important, are not the core of democracy. Instead, as Alexis de Tocqueville showed in the early years of the American republic, democracy is first and foremost a matter of culture: the shared ideas, practices, and technologies that help individuals combine into publics and achieve representation. Reinterpreting democracy as culture reveals the ways the media, public opinion polling, and changing technologies shape democracy and citizenship. As Perrin shows, the founders of the United States produced a social, cultural, and legal environment fertile for democratic development and in the two centuries since, citizens and publics use that environment and shared culture to re-imagine and extend that democracy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fresh, innovative approach to democracy that will change the way readers understand their roles as citizens and participants. Never will yo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Written with uncommon imagination, this beautifully-realized book challenges too narrow a focus on formal institutions and the electoral process. Written in the spirit of Tocqueville as a sociology of democracy and of Habermas as a probe of the public realm, it deepens our understanding of the foundations of democratic culture, including civic values and the patterns of communication, association, and action that give shape and meaning to democratic citizenship.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIra Katznelson, Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e''In this bold reconceptualization of American democracy, Andrew Perrin introduces what he correctly calls a new sociology of publics. Perrin draws our attention to the dynamism inherent in American democracy by showing how democracy is learned and practiced as citizens interact with institutions. An important contribution that will inspire fresh thinking about what sustains democratic practice in the United States and how it might be re-energized.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Weir, University of California Berkeley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 History and Theory of Democracy 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Voting, Civil Society, and Citizenship 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Deliberation, Representation, and Legislation 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Public Opinion, Policy Responsiveness, and Feedback 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Media, Communications, and Political Knowledge 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Democratic Culture and Practice in Postmodern\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerica 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 219\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404409250135,"sku":"9780745662336","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745662336.jpg?v=1730486380","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-democracy-9780745662336","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}