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\a1. The Constitution and Democratic Theory: Rewriting the Constitution: One Man's Journey to Lend Madison a HandGregory Watson -- 2. Federalism: Do Ask, Do TellHoward and Connie Clery, Maureen and Richard Kanka, and Donna Norris -- 3. Civil Rights: Taking the Bus and Driving Public Policy for UsRosa Parks -- 4. Civil Rights: Being a Good Sport, or, Won't You Be on My Team?Bernice Sandler -- 5. Civil Liberties: Let's Just Run That One Up the FlagpoleGregory Lee (Joey) Johnson -- 6. Civil Liberties: All Dressed Down and Nowhere to Go: A Pilot's ChecklistMartha McSally -- 7. Media: From Old Bulls to Blogs: The Old Media Confronts the New MediaThe CBS Bloggers -- 8. Interest Groups: From Grief to Anger to Action: Making One MADDCandy Lightner -- 9. Interest Groups: Wouldn't You Just Love to Live Here?Lois Gibbs -- 10. Campaigns and Elections: Registering as a Protest, or, I'll Vote for ThatRichard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven -- 11. Campaigns and Elections: Changing the Ecology of Politics: Introducing a New BreedBrian Trelstad -- 12. Direct Democracy: A Taxing and Revolting JobHoward Jarvis -- 13. Congress: Power Letter Writing: Women in the Military AcademiesBarbara Brimmer and Valerie Schoen -- 14. Congress: The Mystery of the Smoking GunMerrell Williams -- 15. The Presidency: Just What the Doctor OrderedDr. Kristin Zarfos -- 16. The Presidency: When Worlds Come Crashing DownThe Jersey Girls -- 17. The Judicial Process and the Courts: Unaffirmative ActionCarl Cohen -- 18. The Bureaucracy: Do unto Others, Don't Be a TattletaleJoe Darby -- 19. The Bureaucracy: If You Can't Lick 'Em, Enjoin 'EmJean Anne Hlavacek and Diane Sackett Nannery -- 20. Short Shots with Careful Aim: Oh My . . .Michael Newdow -- 21. Kids in Action: Kidizen DemocracyWilliam Blake -- Conclusion: Lessons for Nascent Citizens -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- Index.
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\aApathy and antipathy toward politics are epidemic. Citizen Democracy provides the antidote. In this revised and updated edition, Stephen E. Frantzich portrays citizens from every walk of lifeโrich and poor, old and young, black and white, male and female, left and right, famous and obscure as they choose to become involved in politics at a level to which readers can relate. Some of the stories contain unexpected twists. Candy Lightner, the founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, now works as a liquor industry lobbyist and argues that MADD has gone too far. College freshman Gregory Watson reacted to receiving on a political science paper by quitting school and becoming the driving force behind passage of a constitutional amendment that had been the subject of his paper. Two young women independently wrote letters of application to the U.S. Naval Academy and in the process moved military education in the direction of gender neutrality. Citizen Democracy shows ordinary people engaged in extraordinary civic activity. Their causes run the gamut from civil rights to flag burning, from the Internet to the environment but their common cause is the fact that they creatively entered the arena of national public policy making and made a difference.
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