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An Economic Theory of Democracy

Anthony Downs
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This book seeks to elucidate its subject - the governing of democratic state - by making intelligible the party politics of democracies. Downs treats this differently than do other students of politics. His explanations are systematically related to, and deductible from, precisely stated assumptions about the motivations that attend the decisions of voters and parties and the environment in which they act. He is consciously concerned with the economy in explanation, that is, with attempting to account for phenomena in terms of a very limited number of facts and postulates. He is concerned also with the central features of party politics in any democratic state, not with that in the United State or any other single country.

I. BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE MODEL.
1. Introduction.
2. Party Motivation and the Function of Government in Society.
3. The Basic Logic of Voting.
4. The Basic Logic of Government Decision-Making.

II. THE GENERAL EFFECTS OF UNCERTAINTY.
5. The Meaning of Uncertainty.
6. How Uncertainty Affects Government Decision-Making.
7. The Development of Political Ideologies as Means of Getting Votes.
8. The Statics and Dynamics of Party Ideologies
9. Problems of Rationality Under Coalition Governments.
10. Government Vote-Maximizing and Individual marginal Equilibrium.

III. SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF INFORMATION COSTS.
11. The Process of Becoming Informed.
12. How Rational Citizens Reduce Information Costs.
13. The Returns From Information and Their Diminution.
14. The Causes and Effects of Rational Abstention.

IV. DERIVATIVE IMPLICATIONS AND HYPOTHESIS.
15. A Comment on Economic Theories of Government Behavior.
16. Testable Prepositions Derived from the Theory.
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An Economic Theory of Democracy

Anthony Downs
4.00/5 (234 ratings)
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This book seeks to elucidate its subject - the governing of democratic state - by making intelligible the party politics of democracies. Downs treats this differently than do other students of politics. His explanations are systematically related to, and deductible from, precisely stated assumptions about the motivations that attend the decisions of voters and parties and the environment in which they act. He is consciously concerned with the economy in explanation, that is, with attempting to account for phenomena in terms of a very limited number of facts and postulates. He is concerned also with the central features of party politics in any democratic state, not with that in the United State or any other single country.

I. BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE MODEL.
1. Introduction.
2. Party Motivation and the Function of Government in Society.
3. The Basic Logic of Voting.
4. The Basic Logic of Government Decision-Making.

II. THE GENERAL EFFECTS OF UNCERTAINTY.
5. The Meaning of Uncertainty.
6. How Uncertainty Affects Government Decision-Making.
7. The Development of Political Ideologies as Means of Getting Votes.
8. The Statics and Dynamics of Party Ideologies
9. Problems of Rationality Under Coalition Governments.
10. Government Vote-Maximizing and Individual marginal Equilibrium.

III. SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF INFORMATION COSTS.
11. The Process of Becoming Informed.
12. How Rational Citizens Reduce Information Costs.
13. The Returns From Information and Their Diminution.
14. The Causes and Effects of Rational Abstention.

IV. DERIVATIVE IMPLICATIONS AND HYPOTHESIS.
15. A Comment on Economic Theories of Government Behavior.
16. Testable Prepositions Derived from the Theory.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
1st, First Edition
Language:
ISBN10:
0060417501
ISBN13:
9780060417505
kindle Asin:

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