Stealth democracy : Americans' beliefs about how government should work / John R. Hibbing, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse.

People's most intense desire for the political system is that decision makers be empathetic and, especially, non-self-interested, not that they be responsive and accountable to the people's largely nonexistent policy preferences or, even worse, that the people be obligated to participate d...

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Main Author: Hibbing, John R.
Other Authors: Theiss-Morse, Elizabeth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:Cambridge studies in political psychology and public opinion.
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Summary:People's most intense desire for the political system is that decision makers be empathetic and, especially, non-self-interested, not that they be responsive and accountable to the people's largely nonexistent policy preferences or, even worse, that the people be obligated to participate directly in decision making. In light of these findings, Hibbing and Theiss-Morse conclude by cautioning communitarians, direct democrats, social capitalists, deliberation theorists, and all those who think that greater citizen involvement is the solution to society's problems."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-274) and index.
ISBN:0511020473
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Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.