The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know? Contributor(s): Lupia, Arthur (Author), McCubbins, Mathew D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521585937 ISBN-13: 9780521585934 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Can only well-informed citizens make good political decisions? In THE DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA, the authors combine insights from political science, economics and the cognitive sciences to determine how citizens gather and use information. They then demonstrates when citizens who lack information can (and cannot) make the same decisions they would have made if better informed. Illustrated. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 306.2 |
LCCN: 97018130 |
Series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.18" W x 9.18" (1.02 lbs) 300 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Most citizens seem underinformed about politics. Many experts claim that only well-informed citizens can make good political decisions. Is this claim correct? In The Democratic Dilemma, Professors Lupia and McCubbins combine insights from political science, economics and the cognitive sciences to explain how citizens gather and use information. They show when citizens who lack information can (and cannot) make the same decisions they would have made if better informed. As a result, they clarify the debate about citizen competence. |