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Stealth Democracy : Americans' Beliefs About How Government Should Work (Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology)
Stealth Democracy Americans' Beliefs About How Government Should Work - Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology Author:John R. Hibbing, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse Examining how people want their democratic government to work, this study finds that Americans don't like many of the practices associated with democracy: the conflicts, the debates, the compromises. It finds that Americans don't want to have to see democracy in practice, nor do they want to be involved in politics. If American citizens had thei... more »r way, political decisions would be made by unselfish decision-makers, lessening the need for monitoring government.« less