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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 December 2018
      07 February 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108683821
      9781108497046
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108683821
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.43kg, 202 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Political Theory, Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
      Series:
      Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
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    Subjects:
    Political Theory, Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
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    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.

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