DOES PUBLIC IGNORANCE MATTER?
Abstract
Recent scholarship has attempted to restore the reputation of the American electorate, even though its level of political interest and information has not measurably increased. Scott Althaus’s Collective Preferences in Democratic Politics challenges this revisionist optimism, arguing that opinion polls misrepresent the interests of a large segment of society, and that they therefore get too much attention as a guide to policy makers, because...
Paper Details
Title
DOES PUBLIC IGNORANCE MATTER?
Published Date
Jan 1, 2007
Journal
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
23 - 34
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