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Democracy and decision, the pure theory of electoral preference, Geoffrey Brennan, Loren Lomasky

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Democracy and decision, the pure theory of electoral preference, Geoffrey Brennan, Loren Lomasky

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Democracy and decision

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

818223095

Responsibility statement

Geoffrey Brennan, Loren Lomasky

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

the pure theory of electoral preference

Summary

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.--, Provided by publisher

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Democracy & Decision

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