Liberalism against Populism

Liberalism against Populism
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Publisher : Waveland Press
Total Pages : 333
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ISBN-10 : 9781478648703
ISBN-13 : 1478648708
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Book Synopsis Liberalism against Populism by : William H. Riker

Download or read book Liberalism against Populism written by William H. Riker and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 1988-07-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discoveries of social choice theory have undermined the simple and unrealistic nineteenth-century notions of democracy, especially the expectation that electoral institutions smoothly translate popular will directly into public policy. One response to these discoveries is to reject democracy out of hand. Another, which is the program of this book, is to save democracy by formulating more realistic expectations. Hence, this book first summarizes social choice theory in order to explain the full force of its critique. Then it explains, in terms of social choice theory, how politics and public issues change and develop. Finally, it reconciles democratic ideals with this new understanding of politics.


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