John R. Hibbing, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse

Stealth Democracy

Americans' Beliefs about How Government Should Work
Herausgeber: Kuklinski, James H.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Stealth Democracy finds the type of democracy Americans prefer: the less participation, the better.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780521009867
• ISBN-10: 0521009863
• Artikelnr.: 21793203

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Benefits of Studying the Processes People Want: 1. Policy space and American politics
2. Process space: an introduction
3. Using process space to explain features of American politics
Part II. The Processes People Want: 4. Attitudes toward specific processes
5. Public assessments of people and politicians
6. Americans' desire for stealth democracy
Part III. Should People Be Given the Processes They Want?: 7. Popular deliberation and group involvement in theory
8. The realities of popular deliberation and group involvement
9. Improving government and people's attitudes toward it.