"The Program and First Platform of Six Realists" is an article from The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, Volume 7.. View more articles from The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods. A Discussion of Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels' Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens.
This revised, updated, and expanded second edition includes two new chapters on the political economy of the Obama era. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. 497–510. He has also authored “Unequal Democracy.” Both Achen and Bartels are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He contends that, in spite of neo-realists' assumptions, a vocal citizen democracy can and must have a role in global politics. Get this from a library!
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Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens. The first edition of Unequal Democracy was an instant classic, shattering illusions about American democracy and spurring scholarly and popular interest in the political causes and consequences of escalating economic inequality. "Democracy for Realists" is a rich and sobering assessment of the state of democracy.
Democracy for Realists provides a powerful challenge to conventional thinking, pointing the way toward a fundamentally different understanding of the realities and potential of democratic government.
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Further, he shows that all the major versions of realism and neo-realism, if properly stated with a view of the national interest as a common good, surprisingly lead to democracy.
--Thomas E. Mann, Brookings Institution and the University of California, Berkeley"It is common in the history of science for scholars to bark up the wrong trees. Democracy for realists : why elections do not produce responsive government. To Save Its Democracy, the United States Needs a Dose of Its Own Medicine Americans have long worked abroad to promote democratic practices and …