Advances in the Spatial Theory of Voting [Hardcover]

This volume brings together eight original essays selected to provide an overview of the developments in the spatial theory of voting.This volume brings together eight original essays selected to provide an overview of the developments in the spatial theory of voting. The spatial theory of self-interest and explores the consequences of this assumption for elite behaviour and for the choices voters make in representative and direct democracies.This volume brings together eight original essays selected to provide an overview of the developments in the spatial theory of voting. The spatial theory of self-interest and explores the consequences of this assumption for elite behaviour and for the choices voters make in representative and direct democracies.This volume brings together eight original essays designed to provide an overview of developments in spatial voting theory in the past ten years. The topics covered are: spatial competition with possible entry by new candidates; the heresthetical manipulation of vote outcomes; candidates with policy preferences; experimental testing of spatial models; probabilistic voting; voting on alternatives with predictive power; elections with more than two candidates under different election systems; and agenda-setting behavior in voting. Leading scholars in these areas summarize the major results of their own and other's work, providing self-contained discussions that will apprise readers of important recent advances.Foreword; 1. Introduction James M. Enelow and Melvin J. Hinich; 2. Multiparty competition, entry, and entry deterrence in spatial models of elections Kenneth A. Shepsle and Ronald N. Cohen; 3. Heresthetic and rhetoric in the spatial model William H. Riker; 4. Spatial strategies when candidates have policy preferences Donald Wittman; 5. A decade of experimental research on spatial models of elections and committees Richard D. McKelvey and Peter C. Ordeshook; 6. Candidate uncertainty and electoral equilibria Peterl3>