Democracy and Decision

von Geoffrey Brennan

252 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Do voters in large scale democracies reliably vote for the electoral outcomes most in their interest? Much of the literature on voting predicts that they do, but this book argues that fully rational voters will not, in fact, consistently vote for the political outcomes they prefer. The authors offer a theory of voting which they term an 'expressive' theory of electoral politics. This theory is shown to be more coherent and more consistent with actual observed voting behaviour. This important book offers a compelling challenge to the central premises of the prevailing theories of voting behaviour.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Politischer Aktivismus / Politisches Engagement Politische Kampagnen und Werbung
• ISBN: 9780521585248
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.12.2007
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Herausgegeben von: H. G. Brennan, Loren E. Lomasky