LEADER 03708nam 22006972 450 001 9910780288303321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-12529-4 010 $a0-511-30262-2 010 $a0-511-61372-5 010 $a0-511-14828-3 010 $a0-511-17737-2 010 $a0-511-04514-X 010 $a1-280-43390-6 010 $a0-521-00986-3 035 $a(CKB)111082128285918 035 $a(EBL)202439 035 $a(OCoLC)475918006 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000251289 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11237324 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251289 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10248953 035 $a(PQKB)11046493 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511613722 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL202439 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10021930 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL43390 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC202439 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111082128285918 100 $a20141103d2002|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aStealth democracy $eAmericans' beliefs about how government should work /$fJohn R. Hibbing, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-81138-4 311 $a0-511-02047-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aAmericans often complain about the operation of their government, but scholars have never developed a complete picture of people's preferred type of government. In this provocative and timely book, Hibbing and Theiss-Morse, employing an original national survey and focus groups, report the governmental procedures Americans desire. Contrary to the prevailing view that people want greater involvement in politics, most citizens do not care about most policies and therefore are content to turn over decision-making authority to someone else. People's wish for the political system is that decision makers be empathetic and, especially, non-self-interested, not that they be responsive and accountable to the people's largely nonexistent policy preferences or, even worse, that the people be obligated to participate directly in decision making. Hibbing and Theiss-Morse conclude by cautioning communitarians, direct democrats, social capitalists, deliberation theorists, and all those who think that greater citizen involvement is the solution to society's problems. 410 0$aCambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology. 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States$xPublic opinion 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States$xPublic opinion 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 615 0$aPolitical participation$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aDemocracy$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a323/.042/0973 700 $aHibbing$b John R.$0542312 702 $aTheiss-Morse$b Elizabeth 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780288303321 996 $aStealth democracy$93816257 997 $aUNINA