Voter Ignorance and Deliberative DemocracyAmerican voters are shockingly ignorant about politics. Not only do they not know basic facts about the structure of American government (what the three brancheSocial Science Electronic Publishing
Congleton Informational limits to democratic public policy: The jury theorem, yardstick competition, and ignorance, Public Choice 132, no.3-43-4 (Mar 2007): 333–352.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-007-9155-zMartin van Hees The limits of epistemic democracy, Social Choice and Welfare 28, ...
The book critically analyzes deep pluralist, epistocratic, and lottocratic conceptions of democracy. Their defenders propose various institutional ''shortcuts'' to help solve problems of democratic governance such as overcoming disagreements, citizens' political ignorance, or poor-quality deliberation. ...