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Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well (The MIT Press) - Hardcover

Oppenheimer, Danny; Edwards, Mike

 
9780262017237: Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well (The MIT Press)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0262017237 ISBN 13: 9780262017237
Verlag: MIT Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Voters often make irrational decisions based on inaccurate and irrelevant information. Politicians are often inept, corrupt, or out of touch with the will of the people. Elections can be determined by the design of the ballot and the gerrymandered borders of a district. And yet, despite voters who choose candidates according to the boxerbrief dichotomy and politicians who struggle to put together a coherent sentence, democracy works exceptionally well: citizens of democracies are healthier, happier, and freer than citizens of other countries. In Democracy Despite Itself, Danny Oppenheimer and Mike Edwards explore this seeming paradox: How can democracy lead to such successful outcomes when the defining characteristic of democracy, elections, is so flawed? Oppenheimer and Edwards argue that democracy works because regular elections, no matter how flawed, produce a variety of unintuitive, positive consequences.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Danny Oppenheimer is on the faculty at UCLA with a joint appointment in Psychology and the Anderson School of Management.

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Verlag
MIT Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0262017237
ISBN 13 
9780262017237
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
248
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