Critical Review

 

Fall 1998 (Vol.12 No.4)

Introduction

• Public Ignorance and Democratic Theory, by Jeffrey Friedman

Essays

• Voter Ignorance and the Democratic Ideal , by Ilya Somin
• Rationality Reconceived: The Mass Electorate and Democratic Theory , by Tom Hoffman
• The Place of the Media in Popular Democracy , by Richard D. Anderson, Jr.

Review Essays

• Public Opinion, Elites, and Democracy , The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion by John Zaller, Review Essay by Robert Y. Shapiro
• Insincere Deliberation and Democratic Failure , The Voice of the People by James Fishkin; Democracy and Deliberation by Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson, Review Essay by Timur Kuran
• The Ever-Shifting Psychological Foundations of Democratic Theory: Do Citizens have the Right Stuff? , Private Truths, Public Lies by Timur Kuran, Review Essay by Philip E. Tetlock
• Idealizing Politics , The Myth of Democratic Failure by Donald A. Wittman, Review Essay by James Q. Wilson
• Anti-Democratic Demos: The Dubious Basis of Congressional Approval , The Culture of Spending by James L. Payne; Congress as Public Enemy by John Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, Review Essay by Rogan Kersh