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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2012
      26 March 1993
      ISBN:
      9781139173544
      9780521330404
      9780521585248
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139173544
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.611kg, 252 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.435kg, 252 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Macroeconomics, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics
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    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.

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    "[This] book contains a number of fascinating discussions of political rhetoric, contract theories, political institutions, and democratic morality." Ethics

    "[This] book contains a number of fascinating discussions of political rhetoric, contract theories, political institutions, and democratic morality." Ethics

    "Whatever your methodological stance, if you are interested in electoral politics, this is a book worth reading. Unlike most positive political theory, sometimes seemingly intentionally written up so as to remain incomprehensible to most political scientists, Democracy and Decision is lively and well written. Because the ideas in it suggest potentially testable alternative models in so many substantive domains, it is also a great book to give to graduate students looking for thesis topics." American Political Science Review

    "Few topics are more important to maintaining a liberal social order than is the democratic political process, and few recent books are likely to do more to motivate fresh thinking on this process than Democracy and Decision." Public Choice

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