A unified theory of party competition : a cross-national analysis integrating spatial and behavioral factors /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Adams, James, 1962- author.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 311 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:Political parties.
Democracy.
Elections.
Comparative government.
Voting research.
Partis politiques.
Démocratie.
Élections.
Institutions politiques comparées.
Sociologie électorale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
Comparative government.
Democracy.
Elections.
Political parties.
Voting research.
Wettbewerb
Politieke partijen.
Verkiezingen.
Vergelijkend onderzoek.
Partei.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11811812
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Merrill, Samuel, 1939- author.
Grofman, Bernard, author.
ISBN:0511115555
9780511115554
9780511614453
0511614454
128041572X
9781280415722
9786610415724
6610415722
0511115008
9780511115004
0521836441
0521544939
9780521836449
9780521544931
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:The authors integrate spatial and behavioural perspectives - in a word, those of the Rochester and Michigan schools - into a unified theory of voter choice and party strategy.
Other form:Print version: Adams, James, 1962- Unified theory of party competition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521836441 0521544939
Table of Contents:
  • Modeling party competition
  • How voters decide : the components of the unified theory of voting
  • Linking voter choice to party strategies : illustrating the role of nonpolicy factors
  • Factors influencing the link between party strategy and the variables affecting voter choice : theoretical results
  • Policy competition under the unified theory : empirical applications to the 1988 French presidential election
  • Policy competition under the unified theory : empirical applications to the 1989 Norwegian parliamentary election
  • The threat of abstention : candidate strategies and policy representation in U.S. presidential elections
  • Candidate strategies with voter abstention in U.S. presidential elections : 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2000
  • Policy competition in Britain : the 1997 general election
  • The consequences of voter projection : assimilation and contrast effects
  • Policy-seeking motivations of parties in two-party elections : theory
  • Policy-seeking motivations of parties in two-party elections : empirical analysis.