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The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know?
Arthur Lupia,Mathew D. McCubbins +1 more
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In this paper, the authors present a survey on the conditions for persuasion in information, persuasion and choice, and a survey of the institutions of knowledge and the foundation of democracy in the US.Abstract:
List of tables and figures Series editors' preface Acknowledgements 1. Knowledge and the foundation of democracy Part I. Theory: 2. How people learn 3. How people learn from others 4. What people learn from others 5. Delegation and democracy Part II. Experiments: 6. Theory, predictions and the scientific method 7. Laboratory experiments on information, persuasion and choice 8. Laboratory experiments on delegation 9. A survey on the conditions for persuasion Part III. Implications for Institutional Design: 10. The institutions of knowledge Afterword Appendices References Author index Subject index.read more
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When Corrections Fail: The Persistence of Political Misperceptions
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The Globalization of Liberalization: Policy Diffusion in the International Political Economy
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A New Era of Minimal Effects? The Changing Foundations of Political Communication
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Why Comply? Social Learning and European Identity Change
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The implications of framing effects for citizen competence
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