Political Decision Making, Deliberation and Participation (Research in Micropolitics)
Contributors: Michael X. Delli Carpini (Editor); Leonie Huddy (Editor); Robert Y. Shapiro (Series Editor)
Publisher: JAI Press
Published: July 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780762302277
Subjects: Political science & theory; Political structure & processes; Social, group or collective psychology; Practical Politics; Political Science (General); Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Reference; General; Political Science / General
First sentence: For most Americans, most political issues are complex and remote. Recognizing the prohibitive costs of becoming well informed on a wide range of issues, Anthony Downs (1957, p. 233) notes that the average citizen "cannot be expert in all the fields of policy that are relevant to his decision.