The Democratic Dilemma : Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know? (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) Export

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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:409404 L3 - citeulike-article-id:409404 N2 - {Most citizens seem underinformed about politics. Many experts claim that only well-informed citizens can make good political decisions. Is this claim correct? In The Democratic Dilemma, Professors Lupia and McCubbins combine insights from political science, economics and the cognitive sciences to explain how citizens gather and use information. They show when citizens who lack information can (and cannot) make the same decisions they would have made if better informed. As a result, they clarify the debate about citizen competence.} SN - 0521585937 TI - The Democratic Dilemma : Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know? (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) PB - {Cambridge University Press} KW - collectiveintelligence KW - democracy AU - Lupia, Arthur AU - Mccubbins, Mathew PY - 1998/03/13/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0521585937 ER -