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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels

Achen and Bartels argue that democratic theory needs to be founded on identity groups and political parties, not on the preferences of individual voters. Democracy for Realists provides a powerful challenge to conventional thinking, pointing the way toward a fundamentally different understanding of the realities and potential of democratic government. --Publisher.

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government · high confidencePolitics & Government81 signalsLlm Classifier: Politics & Government -> Politics & GovernmentOpen Library: POLITICAL SCIENCE -> ScienceOpen Library: Political participation -> Arts & CriticismDemocracy & ElectionsAmerican Politics

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PROSE Award for Government and Politics2017WinnerOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Democracy should be founded on identity groups and political parties, not on individual voters' preferences, because elections do not reliably produce responsive government.

    Model confidence 71%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.