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A persuasive argument that democracy can and should be based on active and extensive participation by the citizenry .
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All new-media producers claim their information streams and interactive features make for an engaged, informed citizenry .
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Crucially, however, incorporation into the upper reaches of strategy-making is offered only to representatives of the respectable citizenry .
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In all three countries, the citizenry occasionally votes, which can result in turnover within the national legislature.
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What puzzles most researchers is just why the area in southwestern Colorado was abruptly abandoned by its ancient citizenry .