The Spatial Theory of Voting: An Introduction - Rilegato

Enelow, James M.; Hinich, Melvin J.

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ISBN 10: 0521255074 ISBN 13: 9780521255073

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1984

Riassunto

This book provides an introduction to an important approach to the study of voting and elections: the spatial theory of voting.

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Descrizione del libro

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.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Spatial voting models: the behavioural assumptions; 2. The unidimensional spatial voting model; 3. A two-dimensional spatial model; 4. A general spatial model of candidate competition; 5. The influence of candidate characteristics and abstention on election outcomes; 6. Voting on budgets; 7. Models of voter uncertainty; 8. Institutions; 9. Empirical testing of the spatial theory of elections; 10. Concluding observations; References; Answers to selected problems; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1984
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521255074
• ISBN 13: 9780521255073
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 280
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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