LEADER 03440nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910457517003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-44897-1 010 $a9786613448972 010 $a0-262-30170-9 024 8 $a9786613448972 035 $a(CKB)2550000000078977 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000598920 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11399295 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000598920 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10595901 035 $a(PQKB)10844448 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339379 035 $a(OCoLC)776202541$z(OCoLC)776813699$z(OCoLC)785775651$z(OCoLC)785776868$z(OCoLC)817058245$z(OCoLC)824108011$z(OCoLC)827890156$z(OCoLC)857960969$z(OCoLC)961485686$z(OCoLC)962621280$z(OCoLC)990741673$z(OCoLC)1055314689$z(OCoLC)1065909797$z(OCoLC)1081262781 035 $a(OCoLC-P)776202541 035 $a(MaCbMITP)9195 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339379 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10528246 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL344897 035 $a(OCoLC)776202541 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000078977 100 $a20110728d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy despite itself$b[electronic resource] $ewhy a system that shouldn't work at all works so well /$fDanny Oppenheimer and Mike Edwards 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$d2012 215 $a245 p 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-52521-6 311 $a0-262-01723-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Democracy is crazy -- pt. 2. Restoring some sanity. 330 $a"Voters often make irrational decisions based on inaccurate and irrelevant information. Politicians are often inept, corrupt, or out of touch with the will of the people. Elections can be determined by the design of the ballot and the gerrymandered borders of a district. And yet, despite voters who choose candidates according to the boxer--brief dichotomy and politicians who struggle to put together a coherent sentence, democracy works exceptionally well: citizens of democracies are healthier, happier, and freer than citizens of other countries. In Democracy Despite Itself, Danny Oppenheimer, a psychologist, and Mike Edwards, a political scientist, explore this paradox: How can democracy lead to such successful outcomes when the defining characteristic of democracy -- elections -- is so flawed?Oppenheimer and Edwards argue that democracy works because regular elections, no matter how flawed, produce a variety of unintuitive, positive consequences. The brilliance of democracy, write Oppenheimer and Edwards, does not lie in the people's ability to pick superior leaders. It lies in the many ways that it subtly encourages the flawed people and their flawed leaders to work toward building a better society"--Publisher's description. 606 $aDemocracy$xPsychological aspects 606 $aVoting$xPsychological aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocracy$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aVoting$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a321.8 700 $aOppenheimer$b Danny$0915790 701 $aEdwards$b Mike$f1978-$0915791 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457517003321 996 $aDemocracy despite itself$92053023 997 $aUNINA