The Good Citizen
A History of American Civic Life
Ranked #72 in Citizenship
In 1996, less than half of all eligible voters bothered to vote. Fewer citizens each year follow government and public affairs regularly. Is popular sovereignty a failure? Not necessarily, argues Michael Schudson in this history of citizenship in America. This work sees American politics as evolving from a politics of assent in colonial times and the 18th century, in which voting generally reaffirmed the social hierarchy of the community; to a politics of affiliation in the 19th century, in which party loyalty was paramount for the good citizen. Progressive reforms around the turn of the... more
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