The democratic faith
Subtitle: essays on democratic citizenship
By: Paul M. Sniderman
Series: The Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics; Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780300197099
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Political psychology; Citizenship; Democracy
Description: "Modern political science has concentrated on cataloguing voters' failings--their lack of knowledge, tolerance, or consistency in political thinking. While it would be a mistake to think this portrait of citizens is simply wrong, it is a deeper mistake to accept it as a satisfactory likeness. In this book, Paul Sniderman demonstrates that a concentration on the pathologies of citizens' political thinking has obscured the intense clash of opposing belief systems in the electorate. He shows how a concentration on racism has distorted understanding of the politics of race by keeping out of sight those who think well of black Americans. And he exposes the fallacy of spotlighting the dangers of mass politics while ignoring those of elite politics." -- Provided by the publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Preference reversals : a theory of conversational logic; title: An ecological theory of ideological consistency; title: Myrdal's insight : the politics of race; title: The fear of mass politics; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix : summary of replication.