Popular efficacy in the democratic era
Subtitle: a reexamination of electoral accountability in the United States, 1828-2000
By: Peter F. Nardulli.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History.; Voting -- United States -- History.; Political participation -- United States.; Social classes -- United States.; Democracy -- United States.
Description: "In this book, Peter Nardulli challenges the conventional wisdom that citizens are "manageable fools," with little capacity to exercise independent judgment in the voting booth. Rather, he argues, voters are eminently capable of playing an efficacious role in democratic politics and of routinely demonstrating the ability to evaluate competing stewards in a discriminating manner."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.