I’ve thought a bit about writing a summary/review of Christopher Achen & Larry Bartels’s recent book Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government for LW, since I expect it’d interest quite a few people here. But I’m fairly sure I won’t bother now; a week ago a decent summary appeared on the blog of a couple of FRI researchers.
an Andrew Gelman blog post with a rebuttal of Achen & Bartels’s most eye-catching finding that shark attacks affected the 1916 US presidential election
I’ve thought a bit about writing a summary/review of Christopher Achen & Larry Bartels’s recent book Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government for LW, since I expect it’d interest quite a few people here. But I’m fairly sure I won’t bother now; a week ago a decent summary appeared on the blog of a couple of FRI researchers.
Also relevant:
a recent Vox interview with Achen & Bartels
an Andrew Gelman blog post with a rebuttal of Achen & Bartels’s most eye-catching finding that shark attacks affected the 1916 US presidential election