Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many

by Hélène Landemore

Book Overview

Individual decision making can often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases. Collective decision making, on the other hand, can be surprisingly accurate. In Democratic Reason, H?l?ne Landemore demonstrates that the very factors behind the superiority of collective decision making add up to a strong case for democracy. She shows that the processes and procedures of democratic decision making form a cognitive system that ensures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691176396
• ISBN13: 9780691176390
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"