Book Review
Christopher H. Achen & Larry M. Bartels. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016, 408 pages.
Abstract
Democracy
for Realists is an
ambitious project that sets its sights at nothing less than turning
our conception of democracy and the enlightened, wise citizens—an
ideal that has ruled both the popular and academic imagination for
over two centuries—upside
down. Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels invite the readers to
“think about democracy in a fundamentally different way” and make
the case that there is a large, consistent and irreconcilable gap
between the idealized picture of enlightened voter behavior in what
the authors term the “folk theory of democracy” and voter
behavior in actual politics.
References
- Christopher H. Achen & Larry M. Bartels. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016
Year 2016,
Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 139 - 141, 15.12.2016
Abstract
References
- Christopher H. Achen & Larry M. Bartels. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016
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Details
| Journal Section | Book Reviews |
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| Publication Date | December 15, 2016 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2016 Volume: 1 Issue: 2 |