{"product_id":"a-unified-theory-of-party-competition-a-cross-national-analysis-integrating-spatial-and-behavioral-factors-paperback-9780521544931","title":"A Unified Theory of Party Competition; A Cross-National Analysis Integrating Spatial and Behavioral Factors (Paperback) 9780521544931","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Unified Theory of Party Competition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Cross-National Analysis Integrating Spatial and Behavioral Factors\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explains how parties and candidates locate themselves on the Left-Right ideological dimension.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames F. Adams (Author), Samuel Merrill III (Author), Bernard Grofman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521544931, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 21 March 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages, 44 tables\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book integrates spatial and behavioral perspectives - in a word, those of the Rochester and Michigan schools - into a unified theory of voter choice and party strategy. The theory encompasses both policy and non-policy factors, effects of turnout, voter discounting of party promises, expectations of coalition governments, and party motivations based on policy as well as office. Optimal (Nash equilibrium) strategies are determined for alternative models for presidential elections in the US and France, and for parliamentary elections in Britain and Norway. These polities cover a wide range of electoral rules, number of major parties, and governmental structures. The analyses suggest that the more competitive parties generally take policy positions that come close to maximizing their electoral support, and that these vote-maximizing positions correlate strongly with the mean policy positions of their supporters.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Modeling party competition\u003cbr\u003e 2. How voters decide: the components of the unified theory of voting\u003cbr\u003e 3. Linking voter choice to party strategies: illustrating the role of non-policy factors\u003cbr\u003e 4. Factors influencing the link between party strategy and the variables\u003cbr\u003e 5. Policy competition under the unified theory: empirical applications to the 1988 French Presidential Election\u003cbr\u003e 6. Policy competition under the unified voting model: empirical applications to the 1989 Norwegian parliamentary election\u003cbr\u003e 7. The threat of abstention: candidate strategies and policy representation in US presidential elections\u003cbr\u003e 8. Candidate strategies with voter abstention in US presidential elections: 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2000\u003cbr\u003e 9. Policy competition in Britain: the 1997 general election\u003cbr\u003e 10. The consequences of voter projection: assimilation and contrast effects\u003cbr\u003e 11. Policy-seeking motivations of parties in two-party elections: theory\u003cbr\u003e 12. Policy-seeking motivations of parties in two-party elections: empirical analysis\u003cbr\u003e 13. Concluding remarks.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political parties [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political parties\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20parties%20%5BJPL%5D%22\"\u003eJPL\u003c\/a\u003e], Political structure \u0026amp; processes [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political structure \u0026amp; processes\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20structure%20\u0026amp;%20processes%20%5BJPH%5D%22\"\u003eJPH\u003c\/a\u003e], Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004426965272,"sku":"9780521544931","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521544931i_29ba9919-45b0-4d03-86db-4ad157321a48.jpg?v=1691369434","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-unified-theory-of-party-competition-a-cross-national-analysis-integrating-spatial-and-behavioral-factors-paperback-9780521544931","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}