Analytical Politics by Melvin J. Hinich (English) Paperback Book

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This book reviews and explains introductory 'formal theory' in political science.

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Analytical Politics is an introduction to analytical theories of politics, explicitly designed both for the interested professional and classes in political science. We cannot evaluate how well governments perform without some baseline for comparison: What should governments be doing? This book focuses on the role of the "center" in politics, drawing from the classical political theories of Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, and others. The main questions in Analytical Politics involve the existence and stability of the center: When does it exist? When should the center guide policy? An understanding of the work reviewed here is essential for anyone who hopes to evaluate the performance or predict the actions of democratic governments.

Table of Contents

Part I. Basics: 1. The analysis of politics; 2. The models of Downs and Black: one policy dimension; 3. Two dimensions: elusive equilibrium; 4. Two dimensions: weighted Euclidean distance; 5. Social choice and other voting models; Part II. Extensions: 6. Uncertainty and policy preference; 7. The voting decision and collective action; Part III. Recent Advances: 8. Strategic voting, nonseparability, and probabilistic voting; 9. Mass elections; References; Glossary; Answers to exercises; Index.

Review

' … an excellent introduction to formal theories of politics.' Ashley Piggins, Economic Journal

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This book reviews and explains introductory 'formal theory' in political science.

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"This book provides a fascinating introduction to modern public choice theory, but it also does more than that. It provides a single-volume education in why democracy works as it does." George W. Downs, Princeton University

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This book reviews and explains introductory 'formal theory' in political science.

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This book reviews and explains introductory 'formal theory' in political science. The basis of formal theory is the 'spatial model'. Melvin Hinich was one of the main creators of spatial political theory in the 1960s. In 1984 he published The Spatial Theory of Voting, with James Enelow. Analytical Politics updates this earlier work, and makes it accessible to a much broader audience. This is the first book to examine the foundations of spatial theory in the classic political theories of Aristotle, Hobbes, and Rousseau.

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This book reviews and explains introductory 'formal theory' in political science. The basis of formal theory is the 'spatial model'. Melvin Hinich was one of the main creators of spatial political theory in the 1960s. In 1984 he published The Spatial Theory of Voting, with James Enelow. Analytical Politics updates this earlier work, and makes it accessible to a much broader audience. This is the first book to examine the foundations of spatial theory in the classic political theories of Aristotle, Hobbes, and Rousseau.

Details ISBN0521565677 Author Michael C. Munger Short Title ANALYTICAL POLITICS Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521565677 ISBN-13 9780521565677 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1997 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Residence Austin, TX, US Pages 268 Affiliation University of Texas, Austin DOI 10.1604/9780521565677 UK Release Date 1997-04-13 AU Release Date 1997-04-13 NZ Release Date 1997-04-13 Illustrations 47 Line drawings, unspecified Publication Date 1997-04-13 Alternative 9780521562874 DEWEY 320.011 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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