Information and American Democracy: Technology in the Evolution of Political Power Book

	List of Figures and Tables
	Acknowledgments
1	Information and Political Change	1
	Overview of the Theory	12
	The Empirical Picture	25
	Plan of the Book	27
2	Information Revolutions in American Political Development	34
	The Information Theory of The Federalist	34
	The First Information Revolution and the Rise of Majoritarianism	47
	The Second Information Revolution and the Roots of Pluralism	62
	The Third Information Revolution and the Mass Audience	75
3	The Fourth Information Revolution and Postbureaucratic Pluralism	89
	The Question of Information Abundance	89
	The Bureaucratic Conception of Pluralism	92
	Postbureaucratic Political Organization	99
4	Political Organizations in the Fourth Information Revolution	110
	Introduction	110
	Consumer Protection and Privacy	125
	Environmental Advocacy	133
	Education Policy	150
	Gun Control	161
	Campaigns for Office in 2000	173
	Summary of the Cases	188
5	Political Individuals in the Fourth Information Revolution	197
	The Informed Citizen?	197
	Theoretical Considerations	200
	Diffusion of Information Technology among Individuals	210
	Information Technology and Political Engagement	217
6	Information, Equality, and Integration in the Public Sphere	229
	Drawing Conclusions: A Revolution in the Middle	229
	A Brief Comparison with Other Nations	23ä
	Dahl's Equality Proposition	239
	Select Bibliography	25ä
	Index	26ä