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The Eyes of the People: Democracy in an Age of Spectatorship

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The Eyes of the People: Democracy in an Age of Spectatorship - Green, Jeffrey Edward
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The Eyes of the People examines democracy from the perspective of everyday citizens in their everyday lives. While it is customary to understand the citizen as a decision-maker, in fact most citizens rarely engage in decision-making and do not even have clear views on most political issues. The ordinary citizen is not a decision-maker but a spectator who watches and listens to the select few empowered to decide. Grounded on this everyday phenomenon of spectatorship, The Eyes of the People constructs a democratic theory ...

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The Eyes of the People: Democracy in an Age of Spectatorship 2011, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780199838479

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