Following their leaders : political preferences and public policy / Randall Holcombe.
By: Holcombe, Randall G [author.].
Series: 9781009323192; Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society.Publisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, ©2023Description: 213 p.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781009323161; 9781009323192.Subject(s): Political psychology | Politics, Practical | Political science -- Decision makingGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references.
Instrumental and expressive preferences -- Influences over preference formation -- Preference aggregation through voting -- The formation of political preferences -- Anchor preferences and derivative preferences -- Preferences of elites and masses -- Policies that maximize political power -- Patriotism, propaganda, and the public interest -- Implications for democracy.
"Policies are designed by the elite and the masses actually have little say. While models of democratic decision-making tend to assume that voters have preferences, and that candidates and parties conform to those preferences, voters instead adopt the policies of those political elites -- they follow their leaders"--