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Era of Experimentation
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Challenges the pervasive assumption that the present-day US political system represents the logical fulfilment of participatory democracy. Recent accounts of "the rise of American democracy” applaud political parties for opening up public life to mass participation and making government responsive to the people. Yet this narrative tells only half of the story. By exploring American political practices during the early 1820s, Daniel Peart argues that while parties could serve as vehicles for mass participation, they could also be employed to channel, control, and even curb it.
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