LEADER 03614oam 2200673Ka 450 001 9910818914403321 005 20190503073402.0 010 $a0-262-30095-8 010 $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 $a20120213d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy despite itself $ewhy a system that shouldn't work at all works so well /$fDanny Oppenheimer and Mike Edwards 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dİ2012 210 4$dİ2012 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 610 $aCOGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology 610 $aSOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General 610 $aSOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law 615 0$aDemocracy$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aVoting$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a321.8 700 $aOppenheimer$b Danny$01480546 701 $aEdwards$b Mike$f1978-$01665728 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818914403321 996 $aDemocracy despite itself$94024522 997 $aUNINA