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.
An acclaimed examination of how the American political system favors the wealthy--now fully revised and expanded
The first edition of Unequal Democracy was an instant classic, shattering illusions about American democracy and spurring scholarly and popular interest in the political causes and consequences of escalating economic inequality. This revised, updated, and expanded second edition includes two new chapters on the political economy of the Obama era. One presents the Great Recession as a "stress test" of the American political system by analyzing the 2008 election and the impact of Barack Obama's "New New Deal" on the economic fortunes of the rich, middle class, and poor. The other assesses the politics of inequality in the wake of the Occupy Wall Street movement, the 2012 election, and the partisan gridlock of Obama's second term. Larry Bartels offers a sobering account of the barriers to change posed by partisan ideologies and the political power of the wealthy. He also provides new analyses of tax policy, partisan differences in economic performance, the struggle to raise the minimum wage, and inequalities in congressional representation.
President Obama identified inequality as "the defining challenge of our time." Unequal Democracy is the definitive account of how and why our political system has failed to rise to that challenge. Now more than ever, this is a book every American needs to read.
Автор: Bartels Erin Название: We Hope for Better Things ISBN: 1643581236 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643581231 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 42470.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Bartels Erin Название: The Words Between Us ISBN: 0800734920 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780800734923 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 21840.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A reclusive bookstore owner hoped she`d permanently buried her family`s sensational past with a new name. But when the novels she once shared with an old crush begin appearing in the mail, it`s clear her true identity is about to be revealed, threatening the new life she has painstakingly built.
Автор: Bartels Erin Название: We Hope for Better Things ISBN: 0800734912 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780800734916 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22990.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In this richly textured debut novel, a disgraced journalist moves into her great aunt`s secret-laden farmhouse and discovers that the women in her family were testaments to true love and courage in the face of war, persecution, and racism.
Автор: Bartels Erin Название: The Words Between Us ISBN: 1643583956 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643583952 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 42470.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Robin Windsor has spent most of her life under an assumed name, running from her family's ignominious past. She thought she'd finally found sanctuary in her rather unremarkable used bookstore just up the street from the marina in River City, Michigan. But the store is struggling and the past is hot on her heels.
Автор: Bartels Erin Название: All That We Carried ISBN: 0800738365 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780800738365 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 20690.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Estranged sisters embark on a hiking trip on the tenth anniversary of their parents` deaths in an attempt to reconnect. In the wilderness of Michigan`s Upper Peninsula they`ll face their deepest fears, question their most dearly held beliefs, and begin to see that perhaps the best way to move forward is the one way they had never considered.
Автор: Bartels Erin Название: All That We Carried ISBN: 1643589067 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643589060 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 42470.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Ten years ago, sisters Olivia and Melanie Greene were on a hiking trip when their parents were in a fatal car accident. They haven't seen each other since the funeral. Olivia coped with the loss by plunging herself into law school, work, and a materialist view of the world — what you see is what you get, and that's all you get. Melanie dropped out of college and developed an online life-coaching business around her DIY spirituality a little of this, a little of that, whatever makes you happy.
Автор: Bartels Erin Название: This Elegant Ruin: And Other Stories ISBN: 0692232729 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692232729 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13780.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Slimp, Mickey Bartels, Roy Название: How the internet of things is changing higher education, our classrooms, and our students ISBN: 147584297X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781475842975 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 107010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Embedded technology, that is, computing built into everyday devices, is all around. Known as the Internet of Things, embedded sensors in our home, in our tools, and even in our baseball bats have changed the world as we know it. As with every stage of evolution, leaders have the options to resist, adapt, or to get ahead of the change.
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