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Democracy and political ignorance : why smaller government is smarter /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Somin, Ilya (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2016]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Democracy > United States.
Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) > Political aspects > United States.
Voting > United States.
United States > Politics and government.
Table of Contents:
  • The extent of political ignorance
  • Do voters know enough?
  • The rationality of political ignorance
  • The shortcomings of shortcuts
  • Foot voting vs. ballot box voting
  • Political ignorance and judicial review
  • Can voter knowledge be increased?