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List of Figures and Tables page xi
Acknowledgments xiii
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

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