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13 - Democratic Anxieties

Present and Emergent

from Part III - Anxieties of Governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2019

By
Frances E. Lee  and
Nolan McCarty
Edited by
Frances E. Lee  and
Nolan McCarty
Frances E. Lee
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park
Nolan McCarty
Affiliation:
Princeton University, New Jersey
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Summary

This volume grows out of the well-documented psychological impulse to bring information to bear on sources of anxiety. In politics, as in other realms of life, anxiety triggers a quest for information. Perceived threats focus the attention (Marcus, Neuman, and MacKuen, 2000). Anxious citizens take more interest in politics, have more motivation to learn, and weigh the information they collect more judiciously (Marcus and MacKuen, 1993, MacKuen et al, 2010, Albertson and Gadarian, 2015). In these respects, worried citizens are better citizens (Brader, 2005, Valentino et al, 2008).

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Can America Govern Itself? , pp. 238 - 344
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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