Michigan Studies in Political Analysis – serie
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Information and Legislative Organization
Häftad, 1992
383 kr
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In this controversial book, Keith Krehbiel investigates and casts doubt upon a view of Congress held by many academics, journalists, and members of the lay public: that Congress is organized primarily to facilitate logrolling or "gains from trade" between legislators. The author puts forward an …
Positive Political Theory II
Strategy and Structure
Av David Austen-Smith, Jeffrey S. Banks
Häftad, 2005
489 kr
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“A major piece of work . . . a classic. There is noother book like it.”—Norman Schofield, Washington University“The authors succeed brilliantly in tackling a largenumber of important questions concerning theinteraction among voters and elected representativesin the political arena, using a common, …
Trust
Representatives and Constituents
Häftad, 1994
368 kr
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Why do constituents sometimes defer to their representative's judgment, rewarding her for acting as she thinks best, even when she ignores their demands? By making decisions about trust, constituents determine whether their representative is rewarded for implementing their demands or for using her …
Ideology and the Theory of Political Choice
Av Melvin J. Hinich, Michael C. Munger
Häftad, 1996
504 kr
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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 …
Information and Elections
Häftad, 1998
383 kr
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R. Michael Alvarez examines how voters make their decisions in presidential elections. He begins with the assumption that voters have neither the incentive nor the inclination to be well-informed about politics and presidential candidates. Candidates themselves have incentives to provide ambiguous …
Working, Shirking, and Sabotage
Bureaucratic Response to a Democratic Public
Häftad, 1999
443 kr
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Bureaucrats perform most of the tasks of government, profoundly influencing the daily lives of Americans. But who, or what, controls what bureaucrats do?John Brehm and Scott Gates examine who influences whether federal, state, and local bureaucrats work, shirk, or sabotage policy. The authors …
Positive Political Theory I
Collective Preference
Av David Austen-Smith, Jeffrey S. Banks
Häftad, 2000
383 kr
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Positive Political Theory I is concerned with the formal theory of preference aggregation for collective choice. The theory is developed as generally as possible, covering classes of aggregation methods that include such well-known examples as majority and unanimity rule and focusing in particular …
Legislative Entrepreneurship in the U.S. House of Representatives
Häftad, 2001
338 kr
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When members are elected to the House of Representatives they have a certain freedom to decide how they will act as members and how they will build their reputations. Just as in the market place entrepreneurs build businesses, so in the House of Representatives members have the freedom to choose to …
Logic of Democracy
Reconciling Equality, Deliberation, and Minority Protection
Häftad, 2006
383 kr
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The Logic of Democracy examines some of the broadest questions in political science—what is democracy and how does it work—and provides a unified theory to explain them. McGann brings together the often antagonistic literature on normative political philosophy, social choice, and the empirical …
Experimental Foundations of Political Science
Av Donald R. Kinder, Thomas R. Palfrey
Häftad, 1993
609 kr
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Shows the range and power of experimental methods in political science
The Phantom Respondents
Opinion Surveys and Political Representation
Inbunden, 1993
781 kr
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Examines a fundamental problem for opinion polls and those who use them.
Positive Political Theory II
Strategy and Structure
Av David Austen-Smith, Jeffrey S. Banks
Inbunden, 2005
1470 kr
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“A major piece of work . . . a classic. There is noother book like it.”—Norman Schofield, Washington University“The authors succeed brilliantly in tackling a largenumber of important questions concerning theinteraction among voters and elected representativesin the political arena, using a common, …
Logic of Democracy
Reconciling Equality, Deliberation, and Minority Protection
Inbunden, 2006
1126 kr
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The Logic of Democracy examines some of the broadest questions in political science—what is democracy and how does it work—and provides a unified theory to explain them. McGann brings together the often antagonistic literature on normative political philosophy, social choice, and the empirical …
Positive Political Theory I
Collective Preference
Av David Austen-Smith, Jeffrey S. Banks
Inbunden, 1998
1057 kr
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Positive Political Theory I is concerned with the formal theory of preference aggregation for collective choice. The theory is developed as generally as possible, covering classes of aggregation methods that include such well-known examples as majority and unanimity rule and focusing in particular …
