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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 and candidates on the basis of social identities and partisan loyalties, not political issues. They also show that voters adjust their policy views and even their perceptions of basic matters of fact to match those loyalties. When parties are roughly evenly matched, elections often turn on irrelevant or misleading considerations such as economic spurts or downturns beyond the incumbents' control; the outcomes are essentially random. Thus, voters do not control the course of public policy, even indirectly.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Society & social sciences Politics & government Political structure & processes

• Plný název: Democracy for Realists
• Autor: Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels, Christopher H. Achen
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 424
• EAN: 9780691178240
• ISBN: 0691178240
• ID: 16004532
• Nakladatelství: Princeton University Press
• Hmotnost: 354 g
• Rozměry: 203 × 139 × 29 mm
• Datum vydání: 29. August 2017

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