]> http://www.progressiveroundtable.org/taxonomy/term/48/0 en http://www.progressiveroundtable.org/node/222 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><div class="flexinode-textfield-8"><div class="form-item"> <span class="label-author">Author: </span><br /> Dahvi Wilson </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-9"><div class="form-item"> <span class="label-description">Description: </span><br /> The American conception of what it means to be a citizen has changed drastically in the last 40 years, marked by a decrease in civic participation, declining social capital, and an increase in the professionalization of advocacy. American citizens have moved away from being active participants in the political process, and towards a role as passive consumers of political products. At the same time, the business of American politics has changed with shifts in campaign finance laws and candidate-centered electoral campaigns, and savvy political actors are responding to their changing environm </div> </div><div class="flexinode-file-13"><div class="form-item"> <span class="label-attached-document">Attached Document: </span><br /> <a href="http://www.progressiveroundtable.org/files/The American Political Marketplace.doc">The American Political Marketplace.doc</a> (161.5 KB) </div> </div><div class="flexinode-select-11"><div class="form-item"> <span class="label-resource-access">Resource Access: </span><br /> Available to the General Public </div> </div><div class="flexinode-select-14"><div class="form-item"> <span class="label-copyright-/-creative-commons-status">Copyright / Creative Commons Status: </span><br /> Copyright </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textfield-15"><div class="form-item"> <span class="label-copyright-/-creative-commons-details">Copyright / Creative Commons Details: </span><br /> 2005 </div> </div></div> Strategic Planning Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:13:13 -0500