The Economy And The Vote

Author : Raymond M. Duch,Randolph T. Stevenson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139470629

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The Economic Vote by Raymond M. Duch,Randolph T. Stevenson Pdf

This book proposes a selection model for explaining cross-national variation in economic voting: Rational voters condition the economic vote on whether incumbents are responsible for economic outcomes, because this is the optimal way to identify and elect competent economic managers under conditions of uncertainty. This model explores how political and economic institutions alter the quality of the signal that the previous economy provides about the competence of candidates. The rational economic voter is also attentive to strategic cues regarding the responsibility of parties for economic outcomes and their electoral competitiveness. Theoretical propositions are derived, linking variation in economic and political institutions to variability in economic voting. The authors demonstrate that there is economic voting, and that it varies significantly across political contexts. The data consist of 165 election studies conducted in 19 different countries over a 20-year time period.

Author : Wouter van der Brug,Cees van der EijK,Mark Franklin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139464222

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The Economy and the Vote by Wouter van der Brug,Cees van der EijK,Mark Franklin Pdf

Economic conditions are said to affect election outcomes, but past research has produced unstable and contradictory findings. This book argues that these problems are caused by the failure to take account of electoral competition between parties. A research strategy to correct this problem is designed and applied to investigate effects of economic conditions on (individual) voter choices and (aggregate) election outcomes over 42 elections in 15 countries. It shows that economic conditions exert small effects on individual party preferences, which can have large consequences for election outcomes. In countries where responsibility for economic policy is clear, voters vote retrospectively and reward or punish incumbent parties - although in coalition systems smaller government parties often gain at the expense of the largest party when economic conditions deteriorate. Where clarity of responsibility for economic policy is less clear, voters vote more prospectively on the basis of expected party policies.

Author : Wouter van der Brug
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Elections
ISBN : 0511278845

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The Economy and the Vote by Wouter van der Brug Pdf

This book estimates he effects of economic conditions on the behaviour of individual voters and on election outcomes.

Author : Duch Raymond M Stevenson Randolph T,Raymond M. Duch,Randolph T. Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0511388233

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The Economic Vote by Duch Raymond M Stevenson Randolph T,Raymond M. Duch,Randolph T. Stevenson Pdf

Defining and measuring the economic vote -- Patterns of retrospective economic voting in western democracies -- Estimation, measurement and specification -- Competency signals and rational retrospective economic voting -- What do voters know about economic variation and its sources? -- Political control of the economy -- Responsibility, contention, and the economic vote -- The distribution of responsibility and economic vote -- The pattern of contention and the economic vote.

Author : Nic Cheeseman,Gabrielle Lynch,Justin Willis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108417235

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Why Do Elections Matter in Africa? by Nic Cheeseman,Gabrielle Lynch,Justin Willis Pdf

A radical new approach to understanding Africa's elections: explaining why politicians, bureaucrats and voters so frequently break electoral rules.

Author : Michael S. Lewis-Beck
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0472081330

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Economics and Elections by Michael S. Lewis-Beck Pdf

A cross-national study of the effect of economic conditions on voting behavior in the United States and the Western democracies

Author : Dan Usher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317393443

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The Economics of Voting by Dan Usher Pdf

The economics of voting is about whether and to what extent self-interest may be relied upon in voting. The central proposition in economics is that the world’s work gets done satisfactorily when each person does what they think is best for themselves. The commonsense view of the matter is that this outcome alone would be chaos. This book examines voting in four key terms: self-interest, bargaining, duty and rights. Self-interest creates a voting equilibrium on various issues, notably the redistribution of income. Bargaining has a larger role to play in voting than in commerce, as it becomes essential in the formation of platforms of political parties and for the passage of laws. A duty to vote arises from the fact that a person’s vote has only an infinitesimal chance of influencing the outcome of an election. Rights are a democracy’s first line of defense against exploitation that, unless constrained, the majority rule voting enables voters to expropriate the corresponding minority, undermining democracy completely. Four key questions are asked in this book. When is there self-interest in majority rule voting comparable to the general interest in markets? To what extent does ‘government by majority rule voting’ depend upon bargaining as well as voting? Can willingness to vote be attributed to self-interest or is a sense of duty required? Does democracy require property rights? Through an examination of these terms, this book argues that they are indispensable requirements for the maintenance of government by majority rule voting. This book is essential for those who study political economy, economic theory and philosophy as well as political theory.

Author : Dawn Langan Teele
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691211763

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Forging the Franchise by Dawn Langan Teele Pdf

The important political motivations behind why women finally won the right to vote In the 1880s, women were barred from voting in all national-level elections, but by 1920 they were going to the polls in nearly thirty countries. What caused this massive change? Why did male politicians agree to extend voting rights to women? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it was not because of progressive ideas about women or suffragists’ pluck. In most countries, elected politicians fiercely resisted enfranchising women, preferring to extend such rights only when it seemed electorally prudent and in fact necessary to do so. Through a careful examination of the tumultuous path to women’s political inclusion in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, Forging the Franchise demonstrates that the formation of a broad movement across social divides, and strategic alliances with political parties in competitive electoral conditions, provided the leverage that ultimately transformed women into voters. As Dawn Teele shows, in competitive environments, politicians had incentives to seek out new sources of electoral influence. A broad-based suffrage movement could reinforce those incentives by providing information about women’s preferences, and an infrastructure with which to mobilize future female voters. At the same time that politicians wanted to enfranchise women who were likely to support their party, suffragists also wanted to enfranchise women whose political preferences were similar to theirs. In contexts where political rifts were too deep, suffragists who were in favor of the vote in principle mobilized against their own political emancipation. Exploring tensions between elected leaders and suffragists and the uncertainty surrounding women as an electoral group, Forging the Franchise sheds new light on the strategic reasons behind women’s enfranchisement.

Author : Masaaki Higashijima
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472902750

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The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box by Masaaki Higashijima Pdf

Contrary to our stereotypical views, dictators often introduce elections in which they refrain from employing blatant electoral fraud. Why do electoral reforms happen in autocracies? Do these elections destabilize autocratic rule? The Dictator’s Dilemma at the Ballot Box argues that strong autocrats who can garner popular support become less dependent on coercive electioneering strategies. When autocrats fail to design elections properly, elections backfire in the form of coups, protests, and the opposition’s stunning election victories. The book’s theoretical implications are tested on a battery of cross-national analyses with newly collected data on autocratic elections and in-depth comparative case studies of the two Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Author : Donald P. Green,Alan S. Gerber
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815732662

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Get Out the Vote by Donald P. Green,Alan S. Gerber Pdf

The first edition of Get Out the Vote! broke ground by introducing a new scientific approach to the challenge of voter mobilization and profoundly influenced how campaigns operate. In this expanded and updated edition, the authors incorporate data from more than one hundred new studies, which shed new light on the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of various campaign tactics, including door-to-door canvassing, e-mail, direct mail, and telephone calls. Two new chapters focus on the effectiveness of mass media campaigns and events such as candidate forums and Election Day festivals. Available in time for the core of the 2008 presidential campaign, this practical guide on voter mobilization is sure to be an important resource for consultants, candidates, and grassroots organizations. Praise for the first edition: "Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber have studied turnout for years. Their findings, based on dozens of controlled experiments done as part of actual campaigns, are summarized in a slim and readable new book called Get Out the Vote!, which is bound to become a bible for politicians and activists of all stripes." —Alan B. Kreuger, in the New York Times "Get Out the Vote! shatters conventional wisdom about GOTV." —Hal Malchow in Campaigns & Elections "Green and Gerber's recent book represents important innovations in the study of turnout."—Political Science Review "Green and Gerber have provided a valuable resource for grassroots campaigns across the spectrum."—National Journal

Author : Brian Min
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107109841

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Power and the Vote by Brian Min Pdf

Shows that the provision of seemingly universal public goods is shaped by electoral priorities.

Author : Edward R. Tufte
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691219417

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Political Control of the Economy by Edward R. Tufte Pdf

Speculations about the effects of politics on economic life have a long and vital tradition, but few efforts have been made to determine the precise relationship between them. Edward Tufte, a political scientist who covered the 1976 Presidential election for Newsweek, seeks to do just that. His sharp analyses and astute observations lead to an eye-opening view of the impact of political life on the national economy of America and other capitalist democracies. The analysis demonstrates how politicians, political parties, and voters decide who gets what, when, and how in the economic arena. A nation's politics, it is argued, shape the most important aspects of economic life--inflation, unemployment, income redistribution, the growth of government, and the extent of central economic control. Both statistical data and case studies (based on interviews and Presidential documents) are brought to bear on four topics. They are: 1) the political manipulation of the economy in election years, 2) the new international electoral-economic cycle, 3) the decisive role of political leaders and parties in shaping macroeconomic outcomes, and 4) the response of the electorate to changing economic conditions. Finally, the book clarifies a central question in political economy: How can national economic policy be conducted in both a democratic and a competent fashion?

Author : Han Dorussen,Michaell Taylor
Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0415459745

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Economic Voting by Han Dorussen,Michaell Taylor Pdf

Economic voting is a phenomenon that political scientists and economists can hardly overlook. There is ample evidence for a strong link between economic conditions and government popularity. However, not everything is that simple and this edited collection focuses on 'the comparative puzzle' of economic voting. Economic Voting emphasises the importance of comparative research design and argues that the psychology of the economic voter model needs to be developed further.

Author : Mukulika Banerjee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317341659

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Why India Votes? by Mukulika Banerjee Pdf

Why India Votes? offers a fascinating account of the Indian electorate through a series of comprehensive ethnographic explorations conducted across the country — Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. It probes the motivations of ordinary voters, what they think about politicians, the electoral process, democracy and their own role within it. This book will be useful to scholars and students of political science, anthropology and sociology, those in media and politics, and those interested in elections and democracy as also the informed general reader.

Author : Austin Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Voting
ISBN : 1316602486

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Economic Voting by Austin Hart Pdf