| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Modeling party competition -- How voters decide : the components of the unified theory of voting -- Linking voter choice to party strategies : illustrating the role of nonpolicy factors -- Factors influencing the link between party strategy and the variables affecting voter choice : theoretical results -- Policy competition under the unified theory : empirical applications to the 1988 French presidential election -- Policy competition under the unified theory : empirical applications to the 1989 Norwegian parliamentary election -- The threat of abstention : candidate strategies and policy representation in U.S. presidential elections -- Candidate strategies with voter abstention in U.S. presidential elections : 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2000 -- Policy competition in Britain : the 1997 general election -- The consequences of voter projection : assimilation and contrast effects -- Policy-seeking motivations of parties in two-party elections : theory -- Policy-seeking motivations of parties in two-party elections : empirical analysis |
| Summary |
The authors integrate spatial and behavioural perspectives - in a word, those of the Rochester and Michigan schools - into a unified theory of voter choice and party strategy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Political parties.
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Democracy.
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Elections.
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Comparative government.
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Voting research.
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Democracy
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elections.
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democracy.
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comparative politics.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
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Comparative government
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Democracy
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Elections
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Political parties
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Voting research
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Wettbewerb
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Partei
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Politieke partijen.
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Verkiezingen.
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Vergelijkend onderzoek.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Merrill, Samuel, 1939- author.
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Grofman, Bernard, author
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| LC no. |
2004054561 |
| ISBN |
0511115555 |
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9780511115554 |
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9780511614453 |
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0511614454 |
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128041572X |
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9781280415722 |
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9786610415724 |
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6610415722 |
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0511115008 |
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9780511115004 |
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1107139694 |
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9781107139695 |
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0511181361 |
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9780511181368 |
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0511299109 |
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9780511299100 |
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