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Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the
heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and
government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in
the actual human nature of democratic citizens. Christopher Achen
and Larry Bartels deploy a wealth of social-scientific evidence,
including ingenious original analyses of topics ranging from
abortion politics and budget deficits to the Great Depression and
shark attacks, to show that the familiar ideal of thoughtful
citizens steering the ship of state from the voting booth is
fundamentally misguided. They demonstrate that voters--even those
who are well informed and politically engaged--mostly choose
parties and candidates on the basis of social identities and
partisan loyalties, not political issues. They also show that
voters adjust their policy views and even their perceptions of
basic matters of fact to match those loyalties. When parties are
roughly evenly matched, elections often turn on irrelevant or
misleading considerations such as economic spurts or downturns
beyond the incumbents' control; the outcomes are essentially
random. Thus, voters do not control the course of public policy,
even indirectly. Achen and Bartels argue that democratic theory
needs to be founded on identity groups and political parties, not
on the preferences of individual voters. Democracy for Realists
provides a powerful challenge to conventional thinking, pointing
the way toward a fundamentally different understanding of the
realities and potential of democratic government. Now with new
analysis of the 2016 elections, Democracy for Realists provides a
powerful challenge to conventional thinking, pointing the way
toward a fundamentally different understanding of the realities and
potential of democratic government.
Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the
heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and
government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in
the actual human nature of democratic citizens. Christopher Achen
and Larry Bartels deploy a wealth of social-scientific evidence,
including ingenious original analyses of topics ranging from
abortion politics and budget deficits to the Great Depression and
shark attacks, to show that the familiar ideal of thoughtful
citizens steering the ship of state from the voting booth is
fundamentally misguided. They demonstrate that voters--even those
who are well informed and politically engaged--mostly choose
parties and candidates on the basis of social identities and
partisan loyalties, not political issues. They also show that
voters adjust their policy views and even their perceptions of
basic matters of fact to match those loyalties. When parties are
roughly evenly matched, elections often turn on irrelevant or
misleading considerations such as economic spurts or downturns
beyond the incumbents' control; the outcomes are essentially
random. Thus, voters do not control the course of public policy,
even indirectly. Achen and Bartels argue that democratic theory
needs to be founded on identity groups and political parties, not
on the preferences of individual voters. Democracy for Realists
provides a powerful challenge to conventional thinking, pointing
the way toward a fundamentally different understanding of the
realities and potential of democratic government.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1986.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1986.
European legislation affects countless aspects of daily life in
modern Europe but just how does the European Union make such
significant legislative decisions? How important are the formal
decision-making procedures in defining decision outcomes and how
important is the bargaining that takes place among the actors
involved? Using a combination of detailed evidence and theoretical
rigour, this volume addresses these questions and others that are
central to understanding how the EU works in practice. It focuses
on the practice of day-to-day decision-making in Brussels and the
interactions that take place among the Member States in the Council
and among the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament.
A unique data set of actual Commission proposals are examined
against which the authors develop, apply and test a range of
explanatory models of decision-making, exemplifying how to study
decision-making in other political systems using advanced
theoretical tools and appropriate research design.
European legislation affects countless aspects of daily life in
modern Europe but just how does the European Union make such
significant legislative decisions? How important are the formal
decision-making procedures in defining decision outcomes and how
important is the bargaining that takes place among the actors
involved? Using a combination of detailed evidence and theoretical
rigour, this volume addresses these questions and others that are
central to understanding how the EU works in practice. It focuses
on the practice of day-to-day decision-making in Brussels and the
interactions that take place among the Member States in the Council
and among the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament.
A unique data set of actual Commission proposals are examined
against which the authors develop, apply and test a range of
explanatory models of decision-making, exemplifying how to study
decision-making in other political systems using advanced
theoretical tools and appropriate research design.
Outlines the actual procedures researchers employ, places them in the framework of statistical theory, and shows how good research takes account both of statistical theory and real world demands. Achen builds a working philosophy of regression that goes well beyond the abstract, unrealistic treatment given in previous texts.
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