Seth J. Hill (San Diego University of California)

Frustrated Majorities

How Issue Intensity Enables Smaller Groups of Voters to Get What They Want

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Produktbeschreibung

Introduces a theory of issue intensity to help explain political representation, special interest politics, elections, and voter behavior. It explains why politicians sometimes support policies opposed by electoral majorities and why some voters spend time and effort participating in politics while others do not.

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Produktdetails

• Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9781009167673
• ISBN-10: 1009167677
• Artikelnr.: 63661066

Autorenporträt

Seth J. Hill is Professor of Political Science at the University of California San Diego.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Frustrated Majorities, Issue Intensity, and Political Action: 1. Majoritarian politics and minority interests
2. The political science of representation, elections, and intensity
Part II. Argument: An Intensity Theory of Electoral Competition: 3. Sketching a theory of intensity and electoral competition
4. Theory and model results: Issue intensity, costly action, and minority representation
5. Model extensions: Varying size of the minority, the free-rider problem, and social welfare
Part III. Evidence: Empirical Patterns and Intensity Theory: 6. Introduction to empirical evidence
7. Politicians side with intense minorities
8. Issues of intensity explain vote choice
9. Opening avenues of costly action: Institutional change to costs of campaign contributions
10. Closing avenues of costly action: Reform to primary elections
Part IV. Conclusions: 11. Conclusion: Implications for representative democracy and the study of politics
Part V. Appendix A. Mathematical model of intensity and electoral competition
B. Formalities of Chapter 5
C. Supplementary information for Chapter 8
D. Supplementary information for Chapter 9
E. Supplementary information for Chapter 10
Bibliography
Index.