Democracy for realists: Holding up a mirror to the electorate. Issue 4 (March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Achen, Christopher; Bartels, Larry
• Is Part Of: Juncture. Volume 22:Issue 4(2015)
• Page Start: 269
• Page End: 275
• Publication Date: 2016-03
• Subjects: Political planning -- Periodicals; Political planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Social policy -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Social policy -- Periodicals; 361.61094105
• DOI: 10.1111/j.2050-5876.2016.00873.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-5868

Abstract

Abstract : Conventional accounts of how democracy works are flawed on a fundamental level, argueChristopher Achen andLarry Bartels . By accounting for the ways social identities shape voting behaviour, they present a new model that not only offers greater intellectual clarity but could make genuine political change possible.