Democracy for Realists : : why Elections do not Produce Responsive Government
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Achen and Bartels argue that democratic theory needs to be founded on identity groups and political parties, not on the preferences of individual voters.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. --Publisher.
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PUBLISHED
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Year Published: 2016
Description: xvi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780691169446
0691169446
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Bartels, Larry M., 1956-
SUBJECTS
Democracy.
Elections.
Voting.
Political participation.
Representative government and representation.
United States -- Politics and government.