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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      16 March 2023
      23 March 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009323178
      9781009323161
      9781009323192
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009323178
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 230 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.38kg, 230 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Economics: General Interest, Politics: General Interest, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
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    Subjects:
    Economics, Economics: General Interest, Politics: General Interest, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
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    Models of democratic decision-making tend to assume that voters have preferences and that candidates adjust their platforms to conform with those preferences; however, the direction of causation is largely the opposite. Political elites offer policy platforms to voters, and voters adopt those policies - they follow their leaders. Following Their Leaders argues that policies are designed by the elite and the electorate has little say. Preferences for public policy tend to be anchored in a political identity associated with a candidate, party, or ideology; voters' preferences on most issues are derived from their anchor preferences. Holcombe argues that because citizens adopt the policies offered by the elite, democratic institutions are ineffective constraints on the exercise of political power. This volume explores political institutions that help control the elite who exercise political power and discusses the implications political preferences have on democracies.

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