Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many - Couverture souple

Landemore, Helene

 
9780691176390: Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691176396 ISBN 13 : 9780691176390
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Individual decision making can often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases. Collective decision making, on the other hand, can be surprisingly accurate. In Democratic Reason, Hélène Landemore demonstrates that the very factors behind the superiority of collective decision making add up to a strong case for democracy. She shows that the processes and procedures of democratic decision making form a cognitive system that ensures that decisions taken by the many are more likely to be right than decisions taken by the few. Democracy as a form of government is therefore valuable not only because it is legitimate and just, but also because it is smart.

Landemore considers how the argument plays out with respect to two main mechanisms of democratic politics: inclusive deliberation and majority rule. In deliberative settings, the truth-tracking properties of deliberation are enhanced more by inclusiveness than by individual competence. Landemore explores this idea in the contexts of representative democracy and the selection of representatives. She also discusses several models for the "wisdom of crowds" channeled by majority rule, examining the trade-offs between inclusiveness and individual competence in voting. When inclusive deliberation and majority rule are combined, they beat less inclusive methods, in which one person or a small group decide. Democratic Reason thus establishes the superiority of democracy as a way of making decisions for the common good.

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À propos de l?auteur

Hélène Landemore is assistant professor of political science at Yale University. She is the author of Hume: Probability and Reasonable Choice.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691176396
ISBN 13 
9780691176390
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780691155654: Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0691155658 ISBN 13 :  9780691155654
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2012
Couverture rigide