Political Competition: Theory and Applications

by John E. Roemer

Book Overview

In this book, John Roemer presents a unified and rigorous theory of political competition between parties. He models the theory under many specifications, including whether parties are policy oriented or oriented toward winning, whether they are certain or uncertain about voter preferences, and whether the policy space is uni- or multidimensional. He examines all eight possible combinations of these choice assumptions, and characterizes their equilibria...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674021053
• ISBN13: 9780674021051
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"