The past thirty years have seen a surge of empirical research
into political decision making and the influence of framing
effects--the phenomenon that occurs when different but equivalent
presentations of a decision problem elicit different judgments or
preferences. During the same period, political philosophers have
become increasingly interested in democratic theory, particularly
in deliberative theories of democracy. Unfortunately, the empirical
and philosophical studies of democracy have largely proceeded in
isolation from each other. As a result, philosophical treatments of
democracy have overlooked recent developments in psychology, while
the empirical study of framing effects has ignored much
contemporary work in political philosophy. In "Framing Democracy,"
Jamie Terence Kelly bridges this divide by explaining the relevance
of framing effects for normative theories of democracy.
Employing a behavioral approach, Kelly argues for rejecting the
rational actor model of decision making and replacing it with an
understanding of choice imported from psychology and social
science. After surveying the wide array of theories that go under
the name of democratic theory, he argues that a behavioral approach
enables a focus on three important concerns: moral reasons for
endorsing democracy, feasibility considerations governing
particular theories, and implications for institutional design.
Finally, Kelly assesses a number of methods for addressing framing
effects, including proposals to increase the amount of political
speech, mechanisms designed to insulate democratic outcomes from
flawed decision making, and programs of public education.
The first book to develop a behavioral theory of democracy,
"Framing Democracy" has important insights for democratic theory,
the social scientific understanding of political decision making,
economics, and legal theory.
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