Ideology and the Theory of Political Choice

Name: Ideology and the Theory of Political Choice
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ISBN: 9780472084135

ISBN-10: 0472084135

ISBN-13: 9780472084135

Edition: 1996

Authors: Melvin J. Hinich, Michael C. Munger

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There is no unified theory that can explain both voter choice and where choices come from. Hinich and Munger fill that gap with their model of political communication based on ideology. Rather than beginning with voters and diffuse, atomistic preferences, Hinich and Munger explore why large groups of voters share preference profiles, why they consider themselves "liberals" or "conservatives." The reasons, they argue, lie in the twin problems of communication and commitment that politicians face. Voters, overloaded with information, ignore specific platform positions. Parties and candidates therefore communicate through simple statements of goals, analogies, and by invoking political…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 9/16/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Michael C. Munger is a Professor of Political Science and Economics and the Director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program at Duke University. He formerly served as a staff economist at the US Federal Trade Commission. He has published four books and has written for the American Journal of Political Science, the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Law and Economics, and the Journal of Politics. He was North American editor of Public Choice from 2006 to 2010 and is a past president of the Public Choice Society. He currently co-edits The Independent Review. Munger has won three teaching awards at Duke, and he gave the 2012 Toby Davis Lecture at George Mason… University.



Preface



Ideology and Politics



Representing Choice by Consumers and Citizens



The (Amended) Classical Spatial Theory of Elections



Ideology, Candidate Strategy, and the Theory of Elections



Parties and Ideology



Theory and Evidence on Spatial Models of Ideology



Empirical Models Based on the Theory of Ideology



Representing Public Choices by Citizens



The Role of Groups



The Integrated Model of Politicians, Voters, and Interest Groups



The Implications of Ideology for Political Choice


References


Name Index


Subject Index