The democratic faith : essays on democratic citizenship /

Can the citizens of a democracy be trusted to run it properly? Modern political science has concentrated on cataloguing voters' failings-their lack of knowledge, tolerance, or consistency in political thinking. While it would be a mistake to think this portrait of citizens is simply wrong, it i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sniderman, Paul M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Heaven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Colección:Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics.
Temas:
Political psychology.
Democracy.
Citizenship.
Psychologie politique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Citizenship
Democracy
Political psychology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Can the citizens of a democracy be trusted to run it properly? Modern political science has concentrated on cataloguing voters' failings-their lack of knowledge, tolerance, or consistency in political thinking. While it would be a mistake to think this portrait of citizens is simply wrong, it is a deeper mistake to accept it as a satisfactory likeness. In this book, Paul Sniderman demonstrates that a concentration on the pathologies of citizens' political thinking has obscured the intense clash of opposing belief systems in the electorate. He shows how a concentration on racism has distorted u.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 185 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300231915
0300231911

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