Christopher Achen 
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10-9-16
Do Voters Know What They’re Doing? An Interview with Christopher Achen.
by Rick Shenkman
"Unfortunately, it is not at all uncommon for the voters to make very foolish choices, especially in primaries and in referendums, when they get no guidance from their partisanship." -- Social scientist Christopher Achen
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7-19-16
Review of “Democracy for Realists” by Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels
by Ilya Somin
In "Democracy for Realists," Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels offer a powerful challenge to popular assumptions about democracy.
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