Why the Many Are Smarter than the Few and Why It Matters

This paper presents the foundations of a systematic epistemic case for democracy as a collective decision-rule and explores the implications of this epistemic claim for normative justifications of democracy, scientific explanations of its empirical success, and policy reforms. As far as the epistemi...

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Main Author: Hélène Landemore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Westminster Press 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of Deliberative Democracy
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Online Access:https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/401/