Formal Models of Domestic Politics

An accessible treatment of important formal models of domestic politics, fully updated and now including a chapter on nondemocracy.

Scott Gehlbach (Author)

9781108482066, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 September 2021

275 pages, 15 b/w illus. 1 table
26 x 18.2 x 2 cm, 0.68 kg

'Formal Models of Domestic Politics is an indispensable book! In this new edition, Gehlbach guides us through both the latest developments in formal political theory and canonical models of politics. The book's clarity and style make it accessible to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students; the book's coverage and depth have made it a standard reference for both political scientists and economists.' Milan Svolik, Yale University

Formal Models of Domestic Politics offers a unified and accessible approach to canonical and important new models of politics. Intended for political science and economics students who have already taken a course in game theory, this new edition retains the widely appreciated pedagogic approach of the first edition. Coverage has been expanded to include a new chapter on nondemocracy; new material on valance and issue ownership, dynamic veto and legislative bargaining, delegation to leaders by imperfectly informed politicians, and voter competence; and numerous additional exercises. Political economists, comparativists, and Americanists will all find models in the text central to their research interests. This leading graduate textbook assumes no mathematical knowledge beyond basic calculus, with an emphasis placed on clarity of presentation. Political scientists will appreciate the simplification of economic environments to focus on the political logic of models; economists will discover many important models published outside of their discipline; and both instructors and students will value the classroom-tested exercises. This is a vital update to a classic text.

Figures and table
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Electoral competition under certainty
2. Electoral competition under uncertainty
3. Special interest politics
4. Veto players
5. Delegation
6. Coalitions
7. Political agency
8. Nondemocracy
9. Regime change
References
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Economic statistics [KCHS], Social research & statistics [JHBC], Research methods: general [GPS]