| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 -- 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 -- 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political parties.
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Political parties. |
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Democracy.
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Democracy. |
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Elections.
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Elections. |
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Comparative government.
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Comparative government. |
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Voting research.
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Voting research. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Merrill, Samuel, 1939- author.
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Grofman, Bernard, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Adams, James, 1962- Unified theory of party competition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521836441 0521544939 (DLC) 2004054561 (OCoLC)55947866 |
| ISBN |
0511115555 (electronic book) |
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9780511115554 (electronic book) |
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9780511614453 (electronic book) |
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0511614454 (electronic book) |
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128041572X |
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9781280415722 |
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9786610415724 |
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6610415722 |
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0511115008 |
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9780511115004 |
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0521836441 (Cloth) |
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0521544939 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780521836449 |
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9780521544931 |
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