Democracy for realists: why elections do not produce responsive government : with a new afterword by the authors /
Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels.
- New Jersey: Princeton university press, 2016.
- xvi, 400 p. illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-379) and index.
Democratic Ideals and Realities, p.1 -- The Elusive Mandate: Elections and the Mirage of Popular Control, p.21 -- Tumbling Down into a Democratical Republick: "Pure Democracy" and the Pitfalls of Popular Control, p.52 -- A Rational God of Vengeance and of Reward? The Logic of Retrosprective Accountability, p.90 -- Blind Retrospection: Electoral Resposes to Droughts, Floods, and Shark Attacks, p.116 -- Musical Chairs: Economic Voting and the Specious Present, p.146 -- A Chicken in Every Pot: Ideology and Retrosprection in the Great Depression, p.177 -- The Very Basis of Reasons: Groups, Social Identities, and Political Psychology, p.213 -- Partisan Hearts and Spleens: Social Identities and Political Change, p.232 -- It Feels Like We're Thinking: The Rationalizing Voter, p.267 -- Groups and Power: Toward a Realist Theory of Democracy, p.297 -- Retrospective Voting as Selection and Sanctioning, p.329 -- Afterword to the Paperback Edition, p.335 -- References, p.345 -- Index, p.381. List of Illustrations, p.ix -- Preface, p.xiii -- CHAPTER ONE: CHAPTER TWO: CHAPTER THREE: CHAPTER FOUR: CHAPTER FIVE: CHAPTER SIX: CHAPTER SEVEN: CHAPTER EIGHT: CHAPTER NINE: CHAPTER TEN: CHAPTER ELEVEN: APPENDIX:
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