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ATTENTION DEFICIT DEMOCRACY by James Bovard (Palgrave, 2006)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Ignorance and the Mirage of Informed Consent

Chapter 3 Fearmongering and the Battered Citizen Syndrome

Chapter 4 Messianic Democracy

Chapter 5 Lying and Legitimacy

Chapter 6 Torture and Absolute Power in Contemporary Democracy

Chapter 7 Trusting Government at Any Cost

Chapter 8 Elections as Reverse Slave Auctions

Chapter 9 Democratic Delusions on Peace and Inevitability

Chapter 10 Big Picture Myopia

Chapter 11 Democracy vs. Liberty

Chapter 12 Conclusion

Acknowledgments
Footnotes
Index