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AFTER CERTAINTY

Person

Mathew D. McCubbins

Political scientist of institutions, delegation, and citizen learning under information constraints.

Why this matters

McCubbins shows how democratic competence is scaffolded—or hollowed—by institutional design.

Focus in observatory

Works

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The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know?

Lupia, Arthur, and Mathew D. McCubbins. *The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know?* Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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