Advances in the Spatial Theory of Voting

Kenneth  Arrow

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511896606

This volume brings together eight original essays selected to provide an overview of the developments in the spatial theory of voting. The spatial theory of self-interest and explores the consequences of this assumption for elite behaviour and for the choices voters make in representative and direct democracies. The book summarizes work in eight major areas: elections with possible entry by new candidates who have policy preferences, experimental testing of spatial models of committees and elections, elections with imperfect information about voting intentions, voting on alternatives that are linked to future decisions, elections with candidates who have policy preferences, experimental testing of spatial manoeuvres designed to alter voting outcomes, elections with experimental testing of spatial models of committees and elections, elections with imperfect information about voting intentions, voting on alternatives that are linked to future decisions, elections with more than two candidates under different election rules, and bureaucratic efforts to manipulate referendum voting. Recognized scholars in these areas summarize the major results of their own and others' work, providing self-contained discussions that will apprise readers of important recent advances.

"This is a first-rate collection useful to students, practitioners, and critics." George Rabinowitz, Contemporary Sociology

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Foreword
pp ix-xiv

ADVANCES IN THE SPATIAL THEORY OF VOTING
pp xiii-xiv

1 - Introduction
pp 1-11

2 - Multiparty Competition, Entry, and Entry Deterrence in Spatial Models of Elections
pp 12-45

3 - Heresthetic and Rhetoric in the Spatial Model
pp 46-65

4 - Spatial Strategies When Candidates Have Policy Preferences
pp 66-98

5 - A Decade of Experimental Research on Spatial Models of Elections and Committees
pp 99-144

6 - Candidate Uncertainty and Electoral Equilibria
pp 145-166

7 - The Theory of Predictive Mappings
pp 167-178

8 - Multicandidate Spatial Competition
pp 179-198

9 - The Setter Model
pp 199-234

Author Index
pp 235-237

Subject Index
pp 238-240

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