Diminished Democracy : From Membership to Management in American Civic Life

Foreword, by Carl Albert xi Preface and Acknowledgments xiii 1. Warren Durgin's Gravestone-Understanding American Civic Democracy 3(17) 2. How the United States Became a Civic Nation 20(54) 3. Joiners, Organizers, and Citizens 74(53) 4. From Membership to Management 127(48) 5. Why Civic Life Changed 175(46) 6. What We Have Lost 221(33) 7. Reinventing American Civic Democracy 254(41) Notes 295(56) List of Tables and Figures 351(4) Index 355