Democracy for Realists

Name: Democracy for Realists
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2636007Democracy for Realistshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/democracy-for-realists-9781400888740/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3396335/ba048564-b5ae-46b2-b5cd-327c3b9419a2.jpg?v=638385314801800000348483MXNPrinceton University PressInStock/Ebooks/Why our belief in government by the people is unrealisticand what we can do about itDemocracy 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 voterseven those who are well informed and politically engagedmostly 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.Achen and Bartels argue that democratic theory needs to be founded on identity groups and political parties, not on the preferences of individual voters. Now with new analysis of the 2016 elections, Democracy for Realists provides a powerful challenge to conventional thinking, pointing the way toward a fundamentally different understanding of the realities and potential of democratic government....2571767Democracy for Realists348483https://www.gandhi.com.mx/democracy-for-realists-9781400888740/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3396335/ba048564-b5ae-46b2-b5cd-327c3b9419a2.jpg?v=638385314801800000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20179781400888740_W3siaWQiOiJjNDhlZWY1Mi01YjFlLTRjOGYtOTYyYi1kMTU1NjVmYTk4ZTciLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjQ4MywiZGlzY291bnQiOjEzNSwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjozNDgsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTA3LTE3VDEzOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781400888740_Why our belief in government by the people is unrealisticand what we can do about itDemocracy 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 voterseven those who are well informed and politically engagedmostly 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.Achen and Bartels argue that democratic theory needs to be founded on identity groups and political parties, not on the preferences of individual voters. Now with new analysis of the 2016 elections, Democracy for Realists provides a powerful challenge to conventional thinking, pointing the way toward a fundamentally different understanding of the realities and potential of democratic government....9781400888740_Princeton University Presslibro_electonico_b613aedc-6d68-3411-9942-e4c66da23b12_9781400888740;9781400888740_9781400888740Larry M.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/princetonup-epub-27553fb0-be9f-4de1-b283-71164aa01a3f.epub2017-08-29T00:00:00+00:00Princeton University Press