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A Unified Theory of Voting
Author | : Samuel Merrill,Bernard Grofman |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1999-09-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0521665493 |
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Professors Merrill and Grofman develop a unified model that incorporates voter motivations and assesses its empirical predictions--for both voter choice and candidate strategy--in the United States, Norway, and France. The analyses show that a combination of proximity, direction, discounting, and party ID are compatible with the mildly but not extremely divergent policies that are characteristic of many two-party and multiparty electorates. All of these motivations are necessary to understand the linkage between candidate issue positions and voter preferences.
A Unified Theory of Party Competition
Author | : James F. Adams,Samuel Merrill III,Bernard Grofman |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2005-03-21 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 113944400X |
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This book integrates spatial and behavioral perspectives - in a word, those of the Rochester and Michigan schools - into a unified theory of voter choice and party strategy. The theory encompasses both policy and non-policy factors, effects of turnout, voter discounting of party promises, expectations of coalition governments, and party motivations based on policy as well as office. Optimal (Nash equilibrium) strategies are determined for alternative models for presidential elections in the US and France, and for parliamentary elections in Britain and Norway. These polities cover a wide range of electoral rules, number of major parties, and governmental structures. The analyses suggest that the more competitive parties generally take policy positions that come close to maximizing their electoral support, and that these vote-maximizing positions correlate strongly with the mean policy positions of their supporters.
Representation in Congress
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Author | : Kim Quaile Hill,Soren Jordan,Patricia Hurley |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Elections |
ISBN | : 1107516064 |
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Representation in Congress provides a theory of dyadic policy representation intended to account for when belief sharing, delegate, responsible party, trustee, and 'party elite led' models of representational linkage arise on specific policy issues. The book also presents empirical tests of most of the fundamental predictions for when such alternative models appear, and it presents tests of novel implications of the theory about other aspects of legislative behavior. Some of the latter tests resolve contradictory findings in the relevant, existing literature - such as whether and how electoral marginality affects representation, whether roll call vote extremism affects the re-election of incumbents, and what in fact is the representational behavior of switched seat legislators. All of the empirical tests provide evidence for the theory. Indeed, the full set of empirical tests provides evidence for the causal effects anticipated by the theory and much of the causal process behind those effects.
Ideology and the Theory of Political Choice
Author | : Melvin J. Hinich,Michael C. Munger |
Publsiher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2010-08-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780472027392 |
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There is no unified theory that can explain both voter choice and where choices come from. Hinich and Munger fill that gap with their model of political communication based on ideology. Rather than beginning with voters and diffuse, atomistic preferences, Hinich and Munger explore why large groups of voters share preference profiles, why they consider themselves "liberals" or "conservatives." The reasons, they argue, lie in the twin problems of communication and commitment that politicians face. Voters, overloaded with information, ignore specific platform positions. Parties and candidates therefore communicate through simple statements of goals, analogies, and by invoking political symbols. But politicians must also commit to pursuing the actions implied by these analogies and symbols. Commitment requires that ideologies be used consistently, particularly when it is not in the party's short-run interest. The model Hinich and Munger develop accounts for the choices of voters, the goals of politicians, and the interests of contributors. It is an important addition to political science and essential reading for all in that discipline. "Hinich and Munger's study of ideology and the theory of political choice is a pioneering effort to integrate ideology into formal political theory. It is a major step in directing attention toward the way in which ideology influences the nature of political choices." --Douglass C. North ". . . represents a significant contribution to the literature on elections, voting behavior, and social choice." --Policy Currents Melvin Hinich is Professor of Government, University of Texas. Michael C. Munger is Associate Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina.
Why Bother
Author | : S. Erdem AytaƧ,Susan C. Stokes |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2019-01-10 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781108475228 |
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Using surveys, experiments, and fieldwork from several countries, this book tests a new theory of participation in elections and protests.
A Behavioral Theory of Elections
Author | : Jonathan Bendor,Daniel Diermeier,David A. Siegel,Michael M. Ting |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2011-02-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780691135076 |
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Most theories of elections assume that voters and political actors are fully rational. This title provides a behavioral theory of elections based on the notion that all actors - politicians as well as voters - are only boundedly rational.
Voting for Policy Not Parties
Author | : Orit Kedar |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2009-12-14 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780521764575 |
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This book develops an institutionally embedded framework for analyzing voter choice, examining three electoral arenas: parliamentary, presidential, and federal.
Representation in Congress
Author | : Kim Quaile Hill,Soren Jordan,Patricia A. Hurley |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2015-07-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781107107816 |
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Representation in Congress presents a theory of representation in the US Congress that is also applicable to many other legislatures.