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



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Autore: Hibbing John R Visualizza persona
Titolo: Stealth democracy : Americans' beliefs about how government should work / / John R. Hibbing, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 323/.042/0973
Soggetto topico: Political participation - United States - Public opinion
Democracy - United States - Public opinion
Public opinion - United States
Altri autori: Theiss-MorseElizabeth  
Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Americans 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Stealth democracy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-107-12529-4
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Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818686503321
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Serie: Cambridge studies in political psychology and public opinion.