Attention Deficit Democracy: The Paradox of Civic Engagement

"This book offers important correctives to the plethora of work on civic engagement produced by political theorists and political scientists over the past twenty years. Ben Berger argues that too much civic engagement--or engagement of the wrong sorts--can damage democracy as much as support it. This is a genuine work of public philosophy that offers insights and analytical tools for making contemporary democracies better."--Sharon Krause, Brown University

"This lucid and intelligent book will interest scholars and a broad swath of the politically inclined reading public. Berger writes with authority, wit, and directness, and his scholarship never gets in the way of the flow of his argument."--Dana Villa, University of Notre Dame