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Representative Government in Modern Europe
Av Michael Gallagher, Michael Laver m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
801 kr
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With a total population of some 500 million, the unified countries of modern Europe constitute the world’s largest collection of successful capitalist democracies. Yet within it, there are distinct clusters of states, each with its own characteristics, historical allegiances and political …
Estimating the Policy Position of Political Actors
Inbunden, 2001
2510 kr
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This book gives an up to date reference on the state of the art in this highly important methodological area, which is central both to theoretical models of party competition and to empirical accounts, whether these are case studies or comparative analyses. It looks at subjects including tracking …
Party Policy in Modern Democracies
Av Kenneth Benoit, Michael Laver
Inbunden, 2006
2510 kr
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A new and wide-ranging empirical overview of party policy in 47 modern democracies, including all of the new democracies of Eastern Europe.It updates and radically extends Policy and Party Competition (1992), which established itself as a key mainstream data source for all political scientists …
Party Policy in Modern Democracies
Av Kenneth Benoit, Michael Laver
Häftad, 2009
749 kr
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A new and wide-ranging empirical overview of party policy in 47 modern democracies, including all of the new democracies of Eastern Europe.It updates and radically extends Policy and Party Competition (1992), which established itself as a key mainstream data source for all political scientists …
Multiparty Government
The Politics of Coalition in Europe
Av Norman Schofield, Michael Laver
E-bok, 2025
1047 kr
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The politics of coalition -- the very heart of the political process in most European countries -- can be analyzed either theoretically or empirically. Multiparty Government aims to reconcile these approaches by placing the insights of contemporary theory within the real world context of coalition …
Making and Breaking Governments
Cabinets and Legislatures in Parliamentary Democracies
Av Michael Laver, Michael Laver m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1351 kr
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Making and Breaking Governments offers a theoretical argument about how parliamentary parties form governments, deriving from the political and social context of such government formation its generic sequential process. Based on their policy preferences, and their beliefs about what policies will …
Making and Breaking Governments
Cabinets and Legislatures in Parliamentary Democracies
Av Michael Laver, Michael Laver m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
435 kr
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Making and Breaking Governments offers a theoretical argument about how parliamentary parties form governments, deriving from the political and social context of such government formation its generic sequential process. Based on their policy preferences, and their beliefs about what policies will …
Cabinet Ministers and Parliamentary Government
Av Michael Laver, Kenneth A. Shepsle
Häftad, 1994
553 kr
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One of the key constitutional features of a parliamentary democracy is that the political executive, or cabinet, derives its mandate from - and is politically responsible to - the legislature. What makes a parliamentary democracy democratic is that, once a legislative election has been held, the …
Party Competition
An Agent-Based Model
Av Michael Laver, Ernest Sergenti
Häftad, 2011
418 kr
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Party competition for votes in free and fair elections involves complex interactions by multiple actors in political landscapes that are continuously evolving, yet classical theoretical approaches to the subject leave many important questions unanswered. Here Michael Laver and Ernest Sergenti offer …
Private Desires, Political Action
An Invitation to the Politics of Rational Choice
Inbunden, 1997
3130 kr
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Private Desires, Political Action is an accessible overview of one of the most important approaches to the study of politics in the modern world - rational choice theory. Michael Laver does not set out to review this entire field, but rather to discuss how we might use rational choice theory to …
Governance Cycle in Parliamentary Democracies
A Computational Social Science Approach
Av Michael Laver, Scott de Marchi
E-bok, 2023
473 kr
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Parliamentary democracy involves a never-ending cycle of elections, government formations, and the need for governments to survive in potentially hostile environments. These conditions require members of any government to make decisions on a large number of issues, some of which sharply divide …
Governance Cycle in Parliamentary Democracies
A Computational Social Science Approach
Av Michael Laver, Scott de Marchi
E-bok, 2023
473 kr
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Parliamentary democracy involves a never-ending cycle of elections, government formations, and the need for governments to survive in potentially hostile environments. These conditions require members of any government to make decisions on a large number of issues, some of which sharply divide …
The Governance Cycle in Parliamentary Democracies
A Computational Social Science Approach
Av Scott de Marchi, Michael Laver
Inbunden, 2023
1482 kr
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Parliamentary democracy involves a never-ending cycle of elections, government formations, and the need for governments to survive in potentially hostile environments. These conditions require members of any government to make decisions on a large number of issues, some of which sharply divide …
The Governance Cycle in Parliamentary Democracies
A Computational Social Science Approach
Av Scott de Marchi, Michael Laver
Häftad, 2023
487 kr
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Parliamentary democracy involves a never-ending cycle of elections, government formations, and the need for governments to survive in potentially hostile environments. These conditions require members of any government to make decisions on a large number of issues, some of which sharply divide …
Agent-Based Models of Social Life
Fundamentals
Häftad, 2020
308 kr
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Social interactions are rich, complex, and dynamic. One way to understand these is to model interactions that fascinate us. Some of the more realistic and powerful models are computer simulations. Simple, elegant and powerful, tools are available in user-friendly free software to help you design, …
Agent-Based Models of Polarization and Ethnocentrism
Häftad, 2020
304 kr
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Building on the Cambridge Element Agent Based Models of Social Life: Fundamentals (Cambridge, 2020), we move on to the next level. We do this by building agent based models of polarization and ethnocentrism. In the process, we develop: stochastic models, which add a crucial element of uncertainty …
Agent-Based Models of Social Life
Fundamentals
E-bok, 2020
294 kr
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Social interactions are rich, complex, and dynamic. One way to understand these is to model interactions that fascinate us. Some of the more realistic and powerful models are computer simulations. Simple, elegant and powerful, tools are available in user-friendly free software to help you design, …
Agent-Based Models of Polarization and Ethnocentrism
E-bok, 2020
290 kr
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Building on the Cambridge Element Agent Based Models of Social Life: Fundamentals (Cambridge, 2020), we move on to the next level. We do this by building agent based models of polarization and ethnocentrism. In the process, we develop: stochastic models, which add a crucial element of uncertainty …
Party Policy in Modern Democracies
Av Michael Laver, Kenneth Benoit
E-bok, 2006
883 kr
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A new and wide-ranging empirical overview of party policy in 47 modern democracies, including all of the new democracies of Eastern Europe. It updates and radically extends Policy and Party Competition (1992), which established itself as a key mainstream data source for all political scientists …
Party Policy in Modern Democracies
Av Michael Laver, Kenneth Benoit
E-bok, 2006
883 kr
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A new and wide-ranging empirical overview of party policy in 47 modern democracies, including all of the new democracies of Eastern Europe. It updates and radically extends Policy and Party Competition (1992), which established itself as a key mainstream data source for all political scientists …
Estimating the Policy Position of Political Actors
E-bok, 2003
1000 kr
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This book gives an up to date reference on the state of the art in this highly important methodological area, which is central both to theoretical models of party competition and to empirical accounts, whether these are case studies or comparative analyses. It looks at subjects including tracking …
Estimating the Policy Position of Political Actors
E-bok, 2003
1022 kr
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This book gives an up to date reference on the state of the art in this highly important methodological area, which is central both to theoretical models of party competition and to empirical accounts, whether these are case studies or comparative analyses. It looks at subjects including tracking …
Dutch East India Company in Early Modern Japan
Gift Giving and Diplomacy
Inbunden, 2020
1607 kr
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Michael Laver examines how the giving of exotic gifts in early modern Japan facilitated Dutch trade by ascribing legitimacy to the shogunal government and by playing into the shogun’s desire to create a worldview centered on a Japanese tributary state. The book reveals how formal and informal gift …
Dutch East India Company in Early Modern Japan
Gift Giving and Diplomacy
E-bok, 2020
530 kr
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Michael Laver examines how the giving of exotic gifts in early modern Japan facilitated Dutch trade by ascribing legitimacy to the shogunal government and by playing into the shogun''s desire to create a worldview centered on a Japanese tributary state. The book reveals how formal and informal gift …
Dutch East India Company in Early Modern Japan
Gift Giving and Diplomacy
E-bok, 2020
530 kr
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Michael Laver examines how the giving of exotic gifts in early modern Japan facilitated Dutch trade by ascribing legitimacy to the shogunal government and by playing into the shogun''s desire to create a worldview centered on a Japanese tributary state. The book reveals how formal and informal gift …
Dutch East India Company in Early Modern Japan
Gift Giving and Diplomacy
Häftad, 2021
487 kr
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Michael Laver examines how the giving of exotic gifts in early modern Japan facilitated Dutch trade by ascribing legitimacy to the shogunal government and by playing into the shogun’s desire to create a worldview centered on a Japanese tributary state. The book reveals how formal and informal gift …
Party Competition
An Agent-Based Model
Av Ernest Sergenti, Michael Laver
E-bok, 2011
571 kr
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Party competition for votes in free and fair elections involves complex interactions by multiple actors in political landscapes that are continuously evolving, yet classical theoretical approaches to the subject leave many important questions unanswered. Here Michael Laver and Ernest Sergenti offer …
Private Desires, Political Action
An Invitation to the Politics of Rational Choice
E-bok, 1997
750 kr
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Private Desires, Political Action is an accessible overview of one of the most important approaches to the study of politics in the modern world - rational choice theory. Michael Laver does not set out to review this entire field, but rather to discuss how we might use rational choice theory to …
Japan's Economy by Proxy in the Seventeenth Century
China the Netherlands, and the Bakufu
Inbunden, 2008
1298 kr
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Multiparty Government
The Politics of Coalition in Europe
Av Michael Laver, Norman Schofield
Häftad, 1998
383 kr
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The politics of coalition -- the very heart of the political process in most European countries -- can be analyzed either theoretically or empirically. Multiparty Government aims to reconcile these approaches by placing the insights of contemporary theory within the real world context of coalition …