Policy and Party Competition

by Michael J. Laver and W. Ben Hunt

Policy and Party Competition offers both a theoretical and empirical examination of the subject. It opens with a theoretical discussion of the nature of political parties, policies and competition. Taking the view that the preferences of the electorate are the logical and ideological starting points of party competition, Laver and Hunt examine the structure of policy preferences, patterns in party systems, parameters of party competition and the role...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415902193
• ISBN13: 9780415902199
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher