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Rule by multiple majorities : a new theory of popular control
- Title
- Rule by multiple majorities : a new theory of popular control / Sean Ingham.
- Author
- Ingham, Sean, 1981-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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- Description
- x, 190 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- What does it mean to say that citizens have control over their leaders? In a democracy, citizens should have some control over how they are governed. If they do not participate directly in making policy, they ought to maintain control over the public officials who design policy on their behalf. Rule by Multiple Majorities develops a novel theory of popular control: an account of what it is, why democracy's promise of popular control is compatible with what we know about actual democracies, and why it matters. While social choice theory suggests there is no such thing as a 'popular will' in societies with at least minimal diversity of opinion, Ingham argues that multiple, overlapping majorities can nonetheless have control, at the same time. After resolving this conceptual puzzle, the author explains why popular control is a realistic and compelling ideal for democracies, notwithstanding voters' low levels of information and other shortcomings.
- Series Statement
- Political economy of institutions and decisions
- Uniform Title
- Political economy of institutions and decisions.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-186) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-1165
- ISBN
- 9781108497046
- 1108497047
- 9781108739443
- 110873944X
- LCCN
- 2018030827
- OCLC
- 1047524805
- Author
- Ingham, Sean, 1981- author.
- Title
- Rule by multiple majorities : a new theory of popular control / Sean Ingham.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Political economy of institutions and decisionsPolitical economy of institutions and decisions.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-186) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-1165