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Popular Efficacy in the Democratic Era : A Reexamination of Electoral Accountability in the United States, 1828-2000 /

"In this book, Peter Nardulli challenges the conventional wisdom that citizens are "manageable fools," with little capacity to exercise independent judgment in the voting booth. Rather, he argues, voters are eminently capable of playing an efficacious role in democratic politics and o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nardulli, Peter F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2005]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In this book, Peter Nardulli challenges the conventional wisdom that citizens are "manageable fools," with little capacity to exercise independent judgment in the voting booth. Rather, he argues, voters are eminently capable of playing an efficacious role in democratic politics and of routinely demonstrating the ability to evaluate competing stewards in a discriminating manner."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781400849451