Beschreibung:
Must democracy be a sham because 'the people' are too ignorant and irrational? What, in any case, does or can representative government mean in a complex industrial society - and what does it mean to be rational in politics? It is to these and other vital issues that this book, first published in 1970, directs itself.
Foreword. 1. Politics and Democracy 2. The General Public 3. Leaders and Voters 4. The Pressure-Group Universe 5. Groups in Action 6. Representative Government: Vulnerability and Rationality. Index.