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Stealth Democracy: Americans’ Beliefs About How Government Should Work

By John R. Hibbing , Elizabeth Theiss-Morse

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0521811384, 9780521811385, 9780511020476
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
933 kB (955525 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology
Pages
304\303
Topic
Education
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Examining how people want their democratic government to work, this study finds that Americans don't like many of the practices associated with democracy: the conflicts, the debates, the compromises. It finds that Americans don't want to have to see democracy in practice, nor do they want to be involved in politics. If American citizens had their way, political decisions would be made by unselfish decision-makers, lessening the need for monitoring government.

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