| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 185 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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The Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics
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Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter One. Preference Reversals: A Theory of Conversational Logic -- Chapter Two. An Ecological Theory of Ideological Consistency -- Chapter Three. Myrdal's Insight: The Politics of Race -- Chapter Four. The Fear of Mass Politics -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Summary of Replication -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political psychology.
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Political psychology. |
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Democracy.
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Democracy. |
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Citizenship.
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Citizenship. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sniderman, Paul M. Democratic faith. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017] 0300197098 (OCoLC)978484627 |
| ISBN |
9780300231915 (electronic book) |
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0300231911 (electronic book) |
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9780300197099 (hardcover) |
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0300197098 (hardcover) |
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