Analytical politics

Analytical Politics is an introduction to analytical theories of politics, explicitly designed for undergraduate classes and for the professional interested in an overview. Analytical Politics tries to explain why societies take the political decisions they do and focuses on evaluating these decisio...

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Main Author: Hinich, Melvin J.
Other Authors: Munger, Michael C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. New York Cambridge University Press 1997
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Table of Contents:
  • The analysis of politics
  • The spatial model of Downs and Black: One policy dimension
  • Two dimensions: Elusive equilibrium
  • Multiple dimensions: Weighted Euclidean distance
  • Social choice and other voting models
  • Uncertainty and policy preference
  • The voting decision and collective action
  • Strategic voting, nonseparability, and probabilistic voting
  • The nature of issues in mass elections