Democracy for realists : why elections do not produce responsive government
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- ISBN: 9780691178240 (pbk.)
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xvi, 400 p. : charts ; 21 cm. - Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.
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General Note: | "With a new afterword by the authors" |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Democratic Ideals and Realities -- The Elusive Mandate: Elections and the Mirage of Popular Control -- Tumbling Down into a Democratical Republick: "Pure Democracy" and the Pitfalls of Popular Control -- A Rational God of Vengeance and of Reward? The Logic of Retrospective Accountability -- Blind Retrospection: Electoral Responses to Droughts, Floods, and Shark Attacks -- Musical Chairs: Economic Voting and the Specious Present -- A Chicken in Every Pot: Ideology and Retrospection in the Great Depression -- The Very Basis of Reasons: Groups, Social Identities, and Political Psychology -- Partisan Hearts and Spleens: Social Identities and Political Change -- It Feels Like We're Thinking: The Rationalizing Voter -- Groups and Power: Toward a Realist Theory of Democracy -- Appendix: Retrospective Voting as Selection and Sanctioning. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Thompson Campus Library | JK 1726 .A35 2017 (Text) | 58500001019686 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |