Following Their Leaders: Political Preferences and Public Policy

Models of democratic decision-making tend to assume that voters have preferences, and that candidates conform to those preferences. In reality, voters adopt the policies of those political elites - they follow their leaders. Policies are designed by the elite and the masses have little influence over them.

• | Author: Randall G. Holcombe
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 23, 2023
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781009323161
• | ISBN-10: 1009323164