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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

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Description for Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Political Behavior. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 line illus. 18 tables. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens. Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels deploy a wealth of social-scientific evidence, including ingenious original analyses of topics ranging from abortion politics and budget deficits to the Great Depression and shark attacks, to show that the familiar ideal of thoughtful citizens steering the ship of state from the voting booth is fundamentally misguided. They demonstrate that voters--even those who are well informed and politically engaged--mostly choose parties ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691169446
SKU
V9780691169446
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About Christopher H. Achen
Christopher H. Achen is the Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and professor of politics at Princeton University. His books include The European Union Decides. Larry M. Bartels holds the May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science at Vanderbilt University. His books include Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age (Princeton).

Reviews for Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Government & Politics, Association of American Publishers One of Bloomberg's Best Books of 2016 One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 The best book to understand the 2016 campaign.
Matthew Yglesias For decades, political scientists have blasted away at electoral models based primarily on the idea of rational choice. In ... Read more

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