|
Showing 1 - 3 of
3 matches in All Departments
This volume brings together eight original essays selected to
provide an overview of the developments in the spatial theory of
voting. The spatial theory of self-interest and explores the
consequences of this assumption for elite behaviour and for the
choices voters make in representative and direct democracies. The
book summarizes work in eight major areas: elections with possible
entry by new candidates who have policy preferences, experimental
testing of spatial models of committees and elections, elections
with imperfect information about voting intentions, voting on
alternatives that are linked to future decisions, elections with
candidates who have policy preferences, experimental testing of
spatial manoeuvres designed to alter voting outcomes, elections
with experimental testing of spatial models of committees and
elections, elections with imperfect information about voting
intentions, voting on alternatives that are linked to future
decisions, elections with more than two candidates under different
election rules, and bureaucratic efforts to manipulate referendum
voting. Recognized scholars in these areas summarize the major
results of their own and others' work, providing self-contained
discussions that will apprise readers of important recent advances.
This book provides an introduction to an important approach to the
study of voting and elections: the spatial theory of voting. In
contrast to the social-psychological approach to studying voting
behaviour, the spatial theory of voting is premised on the idea of
self-interested choice. Voters cast votes on the basis of their
evaluation of the candidates or policy alternatives competing for
their vote. Candidates fashion their appeals to the voters in an
effort to win votes. The spatial theory provides explicit
definitions for these behavioural assumptions to determines the
form that self-interested behaviour will take. The consequences of
this behaviour for the type of candidate or policy that voters will
select is the major focus of the theory. There is a twofold purpose
to this work. The first is to provide an elementary but rigourous
introduction to an important body of political science research.
The second is to design and test a spatial theory of elections that
provides insights into the nature of election contests. The book
will appeal to a wide audience, since the mathematics is kept to an
accessible level.
This volume brings together eight original essays selected to
provide an overview of the developments in the spatial theory of
voting. The spatial theory of self-interest and explores the
consequences of this assumption for elite behaviour and for the
choices voters make in representative and direct democracies. The
book summarizes work in eight major areas: elections with possible
entry by new candidates who have policy preferences, experimental
testing of spatial models of committees and elections, elections
with imperfect information about voting intentions, voting on
alternatives that are linked to future decisions, elections with
candidates who have policy preferences, experimental testing of
spatial manoeuvres designed to alter voting outcomes, elections
with experimental testing of spatial models of committees and
elections, elections with imperfect information about voting
intentions, voting on alternatives that are linked to future
decisions, elections with more than two candidates under different
election rules, and bureaucratic efforts to manipulate referendum
voting. Recognized scholars in these areas summarize the major
results of their own and others' work, providing self-contained
discussions that will apprise readers of important recent advances.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
Not available
|