A Theory Of Party Competition

Author : James F. Adams,Samuel Merrill III,Bernard Grofman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 113944400X

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A Unified Theory of Party Competition by James F. Adams,Samuel Merrill III,Bernard Grofman Pdf

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.

Author : Thomas Ferguson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226162010

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Golden Rule by Thomas Ferguson Pdf

"To discover who rules, follow the gold." This is the argument of Golden Rule, a provocative, pungent history of modern American politics. Although the role big money plays in defining political outcomes has long been obvious to ordinary Americans, most pundits and scholars have virtually dismissed this assumption. Even in light of skyrocketing campaign costs, the belief that major financial interests primarily determine who parties nominate and where they stand on the issues—that, in effect, Democrats and Republicans are merely the left and right wings of the "Property Party"—has been ignored by most political scientists. Offering evidence ranging from the nineteenth century to the 1994 mid-term elections, Golden Rule shows that voters are "right on the money." Thomas Ferguson breaks completely with traditional voter centered accounts of party politics. In its place he outlines an "investment approach," in which powerful investors, not unorganized voters, dominate campaigns and elections. Because businesses "invest" in political parties and their candidates, changes in industrial structures—between large firms and sectors—can alter the agenda of party politics and the shape of public policy. Golden Rule presents revised versions of widely read essays in which Ferguson advanced and tested his theory, including his seminal study of the role played by capital intensive multinationals and international financiers in the New Deal. The chapter "Studies in Money Driven Politics" brings this aspect of American politics into better focus, along with other studies of Federal Reserve policy making and campaign finance in the 1936 election. Ferguson analyzes how a changing world economy and other social developments broke up the New Deal system in our own time, through careful studies of the 1988 and 1992 elections. The essay on 1992 contains an extended analysis of the emergence of the Clinton coalition and Ross Perot's dramatic independent insurgency. A postscript on the 1994 elections demonstrates the controlling impact of money on several key campaigns. This controversial work by a theorist of money and politics in the U.S. relates to issues in campaign finance reform, PACs, policymaking, public financing, and how today's elections work.

Author : David Bruce Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 060817677X

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A Theory of Party Competition by David Bruce Robertson Pdf

Author : John E ROEMER,John E Roemer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674042858

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Political Competition by John E ROEMER,John E Roemer Pdf

John Roemer presents a unified and rigorous theory of political competition between parties and he models the theory under many specifications, including whether parties are policy oriented or oriented toward winning, whether they are certain or uncertain about voter preferences, and whether the policy space is uni- or multidimensional.

Author : David Bruce Robertson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036530843

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A Theory of Party Competition by David Bruce Robertson Pdf

Author : James Adams
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0472087673

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Party Competition and Responsible Party Government by James Adams Pdf

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:729015539

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Party Competition and Responsible Party Government by Anonim Pdf

In countries with multiparty political systems, we assume--if the system is going to work--that parties have relatively stable positions on policy, that these positions diverge, and that voters make choices based on policy preferences. Yet much of the research on voter behavior and party competition does not support these assumptions. In Party Competition, James Adams applies the insights of behavioral research to an examination of the policy strategies that political parties (and candidates) employ in seeking election. He argues that vote-seeking parties are motivated to present policies that appeal to voters, whose bias toward these policies is based in part on reasons that have nothing to do with policy. He demonstrates that this strategic logic has profound implications for party competition and responsible party government. Adams's innovative fusion of research methodologies presents solutions to issues of policy stability and voter partisanship. His theory's supported by an in-depth analysis of empirical applications to party competition in Britain, France, and the United States in the postwar years. Party Competition and Responsible Party Government will appeal to readers interested in the study of political parties, voting behavior and elections, as well as to scholars specializing in French, British, and American politics. James Adams is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Author : Jonathan Bendor,Daniel Diermeier,David A. Siegel,Michael M. Ting
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691135076

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A Behavioral Theory of Elections by Jonathan Bendor,Daniel Diermeier,David A. Siegel,Michael M. Ting Pdf

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.

Author : Giovanni Sartori
Publisher : ECPR Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780954796617

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Parties and Party Systems by Giovanni Sartori Pdf

In this broad-ranging volume Sartori outlines a comprehensive and authoritative approach to the classification of party systems. He also offers an extensive review of the concept and rationale of the political party, and develops a sharp critique of various spatial models of party competition.

Author : David Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1067283942

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A THEORY OF PARTY COMPETITION. BY DAVID ROBERTSON. by David Robertson Pdf

Author : Rachel Beatty Riedl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107045040

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Authoritarian Origins of Democratic Party Systems in Africa by Rachel Beatty Riedl Pdf

This book investigates why seemingly similar African countries developed very different forms of democratic party systems.

Author : Katherine M. Gehl,Michael E. Porter
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781633699243

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The Politics Industry by Katherine M. Gehl,Michael E. Porter Pdf

Leading political innovation activist Katherine Gehl and world-renowned business strategist Michael Porter bring fresh perspective, deep scholarship, and a real and actionable solution, Final Five Voting, to the grand challenge of our broken political and democratic system. Final Five Voting has already been adopted in Alaska and is being advanced in states across the country. The truth is, the American political system is working exactly how it is designed to work, and it isn't designed or optimized today to work for us—for ordinary citizens. Most people believe that our political system is a public institution with high-minded principles and impartial rules derived from the Constitution. In reality, it has become a private industry dominated by a textbook duopoly—the Democrats and the Republicans—and plagued and perverted by unhealthy competition between the players. Tragically, it has therefore become incapable of delivering solutions to America's key economic and social challenges. In fact, there's virtually no connection between our political leaders solving problems and getting reelected. In The Politics Industry, business leader and path-breaking political innovator Katherine Gehl and world-renowned business strategist Michael Porter take a radical new approach. They ingeniously apply the tools of business analysis—and Porter's distinctive Five Forces framework—to show how the political system functions just as every other competitive industry does, and how the duopoly has led to the devastating outcomes we see today. Using this competition lens, Gehl and Porter identify the most powerful lever for change—a strategy comprised of a clear set of choices in two key areas: how our elections work and how we make our laws. Their bracing assessment and practical recommendations cut through the endless debate about various proposed fixes, such as term limits and campaign finance reform. The result: true political innovation. The Politics Industry is an original and completely nonpartisan guide that will open your eyes to the true dynamics and profound challenges of the American political system and provide real solutions for reshaping the system for the benefit of all. THE INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL INNOVATION The authors will donate all royalties from the sale of this book to the Institute for Political Innovation.

Author : Judith Bara,Albert Weale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134173433

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Democratic Politics and Party Competition by Judith Bara,Albert Weale Pdf

This new book introduces innovative research on democracy from the leading Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP). It details the key achievements of the project to date, illustrates how its findings may be applied, lays out the future challenges it faces and examines how the field as a whole can advance. It also presents a special assessment of the dimensionality of party competition, presenting ways in which research can be extended and related to broader approaches in Political Science and Theory. Although CMP research is widely used and constitutes the major comparative data set on party positions and ideological location, it is also subject to challenge. The volume therefore provides the reader with a clear sense of the key debates and questions surrounding its work. This volume also honours the life-time achievement of Professor Ian Budge, who has provided distinguished intellectual leadership for the CMP over the last twenty-five years. This is an essential point of reference for all comparative research on the functioning of democracies. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of politics and of democracy in particular.

Author : Herbert Kitschelt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999-08-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 052165890X

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Post-Communist Party Systems by Herbert Kitschelt Pdf

Examines democratic party competition in four post-communist polities in the 1990s. The work illustrates developments regarding different voter appeal of parties, patterns of voter representation, and dispositions to join other parties in alliances. Wider groups of countries are also compared.

Author : Richard Johnston
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774836104

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The Canadian Party System by Richard Johnston Pdf

The Canadian party system is a deviant case among the Anglo-American democracies. Unruly and inscrutable, it is a system that defies logic and classification – until now. In this political science tour de force, Richard Johnston makes sense of the Canadian party system. With a keen eye for history and deft use of recently developed analytic tools, he articulates a series of propositions that underpin the system. For its combination of historical breadth and data-intensive rigour, The Canadian Party System is a rare achievement. Its findings shed light on the main puzzles of the Canadian case, while contesting the received wisdom of the comparative study of parties, elections, and electoral systems elsewhere.