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Liberalism against Populism
William H. Riker
其他書名
A Confrontation between the Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Social Choice
出版Waveland Press, 1988-07-01
主題Political Science / History & Theory
ISBN14786487089781478648703
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=LItSEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.