Arthur Lupia, Mathew D. McCubbins, Lupia Arthur

The Democratic Dilemma

Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book clarifies the debate about citizen competence in democratic politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9780521584487
• ISBN-10: 0521584485
• Artikelnr.: 23301096

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and figures
Series editors' preface
Acknowledgements
1. Knowledge and the foundation of democracy
Part I. Theory: 2. How people learn
3. How people learn from others
4. What people learn from others
5. Delegation and democracy
Part II. Experiments: 6. Theory, predictions and the scientific method
7. Laboratory experiments on information, persuasion and choice
8. Laboratory experiments on delegation
9. A survey on the conditions for persuasion
Part III. Implications for Institutional Design: 10. The institutions of knowledge
Afterword
Appendices
References
Author index
Subject index.