Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government by Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels

Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels

408 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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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.Christop...

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