Ideology And The Theory Of Political Choice

Author : Melvin J. Hinich
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472027395
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ideology and the Theory of Political Choice written by Melvin J. Hinich and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-08-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no unified theory that can explain both voter choice and where choices come from. Hinich and Munger fill that gap with their model of political communication based on ideology. Rather than beginning with voters and diffuse, atomistic preferences, Hinich and Munger explore why large groups of voters share preference profiles, why they consider themselves "liberals" or "conservatives." The reasons, they argue, lie in the twin problems of communication and commitment that politicians face. Voters, overloaded with information, ignore specific platform positions. Parties and candidates therefore communicate through simple statements of goals, analogies, and by invoking political symbols. But politicians must also commit to pursuing the actions implied by these analogies and symbols. Commitment requires that ideologies be used consistently, particularly when it is not in the party's short-run interest. The model Hinich and Munger develop accounts for the choices of voters, the goals of politicians, and the interests of contributors. It is an important addition to political science and essential reading for all in that discipline. "Hinich and Munger's study of ideology and the theory of political choice is a pioneering effort to integrate ideology into formal political theory. It is a major step in directing attention toward the way in which ideology influences the nature of political choices." --Douglass C. North ". . . represents a significant contribution to the literature on elections, voting behavior, and social choice." --Policy Currents Melvin Hinich is Professor of Government, University of Texas. Michael C. Munger is Associate Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina.

Author : Michael Freeden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019280281X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ideology written by Michael Freeden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-06-26 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, inciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking, without which we cannot make sense of the political world. The reader is introduced to their vitality and force, utilizing insights from a range of disciplines, and through examining the arguments of the main ideologies.

Author : Vernon Van Dyke
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ideology and Political Choice written by Vernon Van Dyke and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A lively and illuminating examination and texturing of current ideologies on the American political landscape. Its gracfully written presentation will bring students to an understanding of the ideological impulses that shape our politics and help determine the country's current direction. I look forward to using it in my classes for its intelligence, its content, and its clarity." —Joel H. Silbey Cornell University

Author : Michael Freeden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198275323
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ideologies and Political Theory written by Michael Freeden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-10-24 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideologies play a crucial role in the way the political world is shaped. Using the political experience of Britain, France, Germany, and the USA, this work examines political ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, feminism and green politics.

Author : Norman Wintrop
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351774727
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democratic Theory as Public Philosophy: The Alternative to Ideology and Utopia written by Norman Wintrop and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: This text contends that there are pronounced ideological (apologetic) and utopian biases in how democracy is now viewed by most academic writers, politicians and journalists. Ideological biases result from democracy being seen in formal and procedural ways as parliaments, free elections and competitive parties and pressure groups - irrespective of the standards which guide or the effects produced by these procedures. Utopian democrats reject this narrow empiricism for normative approaches and, instead of realistic norms, they offer impractical, perfectionist and counter-productive standards and goals. As the alternative to ideology and utopia, the author builds upon and draws conclusions from a realistic and normative, public philosophic tradition of writing on democratic politics. This tradition is explained and illustrated by critical responses to Walter Lippman's conception of public philosophy, Lippman's activity as a public philosopher, and the work of major democratic theorists from Alexis de Tocqueville to Giovanni Sartori.

Author : Melvin J. Hinich
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475751273
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empirical Studies in Comparative Politics written by Melvin J. Hinich and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empirical Studies in Comparative Politics presents a collection of papers analyzing the political systems of ten nations. It intends to provoke a conscious effort to compare, and investigate, the public choice of comparative politics. There have been many publications by public choice scholars, and many more by researchers who are at least sympathetic to the public choice perspective, yet little of this work has been integrated into the main stream of comparative political science literature. This work, however, presents an empirically oriented study of the politics, bureaucratic organization, and regulated economies of particular nations in the canon of the comparativist. It therefore provides a public choice view at the level of nations, not of systems. This compendium of work on comparative politics meets two criteria: In every case, a model of human behavior or institutional impact is specified; Also in every case, this model is confronted with data appropriate for evaluating whether this model is useful for understanding politics in one or more nations.

Author : Terence Ball
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317347323
Total Pages : 713 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal written by Terence Ball and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, 9/e, thoroughly analyzes and compares political ideologies to help readers understand these ideologies as acutely as a political scientist does. Used alone or with its companion Ideals and Ideologies: A Reader, 9/e, this best-selling title promotes open-mindedness and develops critical thinking skills.

Author : Roland M Czada
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000307166
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Choice written by Roland M Czada and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, subtitled "political actors in institutional settings", addresses the main lines of reasoning of the new political institutionalism and rational choice theory. It discusses the question: Which particular rules, logics, or strategies of action can be found in the realm of politics?

Author : Lars Udehn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134802021
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Public Choice written by Lars Udehn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public choice has been one of the most important developments in the social sciences in the last twenty years. However there are many people who are frustrated by the uncritical importing of ideas from economics into political science. Public Choice uses both empirical evidence and theoretical analysis to argue that the economic theory of politics is limited in scope and fertility. In order to arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of political life, political scientists must learn from both economists and sociologists.

Author : Mikayla Novak
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783031394577
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Realism, Ideology, and the Convulsions of Democracy written by Mikayla Novak and published by Springer. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume explores the tension between reason and sentiment in democracies and its contribution to the decline of liberalism. Bringing together classical liberal scholars with a deep knowledge of public choice ideas, the chapters delve into this tension from a variety of perspectives. Building on the principle of entangled political economy, as articulated by Richard E. Wagner, this volume engages with new facets of the relationship between choice and consequence and their implications for democratic politics. Advocating for a reframing of public choice theory as compatible with civic republicanism, this volume will be of interest to students and scholars of public choice, political economy, political theory, governance, and economic policy.