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Empirical Studies in Comparative Politics presents a collection of
papers analyzing the political systems of ten nations. It intends
to provoke a conscious effort to compare, and investigate, the
public choice of comparative politics. There have been many
publications by public choice scholars, and many more by
researchers who are at least sympathetic to the public choice
perspective, yet little of this work has been integrated into the
main stream of comparative political science literature. This work,
however, presents an empirically oriented study of the politics,
bureaucratic organization, and regulated economies of particular
nations in the canon of the comparativist. It therefore provides a
public choice view at the level of nations, not of systems. This
compendium of work on comparative politics meets two criteria: In
every case, a model of human behavior or institutional impact is
specified; Also in every case, this model is confronted with data
appropriate for evaluating whether this model is useful for
understanding politics in one or more nations.
Empirical Studies in Comparative Politics presents a collection of
papers analyzing the political systems of ten nations. It intends
to provoke a conscious effort to compare, and investigate, the
public choice of comparative politics. There have been many
publications by public choice scholars, and many more by
researchers who are at least sympathetic to the public choice
perspective, yet little of this work has been integrated into the
main stream of comparative political science literature. This work,
however, presents an empirically oriented study of the politics,
bureaucratic organization, and regulated economies of particular
nations in the canon of the comparativist. It therefore provides a
public choice view at the level of nations, not of systems. This
compendium of work on comparative politics meets two criteria: In
every case, a model of human behavior or institutional impact is
specified; Also in every case, this model is confronted with data
appropriate for evaluating whether this model is useful for
understanding politics in one or more nations.
The nine papers in this volume are a diverse set of quality
contributions to the field in economics that is called ???political
economy???. It is important to understand that social scientists
hold different interpretations of the term political economy. Most
mainstream economists expect a paper in the field to use the same
models as are used in neoclassical economics, be it micro or macro.
The field of political economy is seen by most economists to be
exclusively the purview of their field. However, the political
system of a country determines the nature of its economics system.
The economy feeds back to the political system but the rules of the
game are determined by the political system. The study of politics
is the hardest task in the social sciences. The political system
defines the scope of the economics system while taking resources
from the economy in order to run campaigns and produce the types of
compromises that are required of a stable political system that
allows economic agents to make sensible investments. The
interaction between the highly inter-dependant yet very different
fields of politics and economics forms the basis of this volume.
*A collection of key papers on the topic of analytical political
economy
*Papers authored by some of the foremost experts in the field
*Part of the ISETE series
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.
To 'analyse' means to break into components and understand. But new
readers find modern mathematical theories of politics so
inaccessible that analysis is difficult. Where does one start?
Analytical Politics is an introduction to analytical theories of
politics, explicitly designed both for the interested professional
and students in political science. We cannot evaluate how well
governments perform without some baseline for comparison: what
should governments be doing? This book focuses on the role of the
'center' in politics, drawing from the classical political theories
of Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, and others. The main questions in
Analytical Politics involve the existence and stability of the
center; when does it exist? When should the center guide policy?
How do alternative voting rules help in discovering the center? An
understanding of the work reviewed here is essential for anyone who
hopes to evaluate the performance or predict the actions of
democratic governments.
Analytical Politics is an introduction to analytical theories of politics, explicitly designed both for the interested professional and classes in political science. We cannot evaluate how well governments perform without some baseline for comparison: What should governments be doing? This book focuses on the role of the "center" in politics, drawing from the classical political theories of Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, and others. The main questions in Analytical Politics involve the existence and stability of the center: When does it exist? When should the center guide policy? An understanding of the work reviewed here is essential for anyone who hopes to evaluate the performance or predict the actions of democratic governments.
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.
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