Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

by Larry M. Bartels and Christopher H. Achen

Book Overview

Why our belief in government by the people is unrealistic--and what we can do about it

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691178240
• ISBN13: 9780691178240
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 7.9"