03744nam 22007214a 450 991081868650332120200520144314.01-107-12529-40-511-30262-20-511-61372-50-511-14828-30-511-17737-20-511-04514-X1-280-43390-60-521-00986-3(CKB)111082128285918(EBL)202439(OCoLC)475918006(SSID)ssj0000251289(PQKBManifestationID)11237324(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251289(PQKBWorkID)10248953(PQKB)11046493(UkCbUP)CR9780511613722(Au-PeEL)EBL202439(CaPaEBR)ebr10021930(CaONFJC)MIL43390(MiAaPQ)EBC202439(EXLCZ)9911108212828591820020619d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierStealth democracy Americans' beliefs about how government should work /John R. Hibbing, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse1st ed.Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20021 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies in political psychology and public opinionTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-81138-4 0-511-02047-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index.Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I The Benefits of Studying the Processes People Want; PART II The Processes People Want; PART III Should People Be Given the Processes They Want?; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; IndexAmericans often complain about the operation of their government, but scholars have never developed a complete picture of people's preferred type of government. In this provocative and timely book, Hibbing and Theiss-Morse, employing an original national survey and focus groups, report the governmental procedures Americans desire. Contrary to the prevailing view that people want greater involvement in politics, most citizens do not care about most policies and therefore are content to turn over decision-making authority to someone else. People's wish 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. 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.Cambridge studies in political psychology and public opinion.Political participationUnited StatesPublic opinionDemocracyUnited StatesPublic opinionPublic opinionUnited StatesPolitical participationPublic opinion.DemocracyPublic opinion.Public opinion323/.042/0973Hibbing John R542312Theiss-Morse Elizabeth568042MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818686503321Stealth democracy4200791UNINA