Abstract
Reviews the literature on the spatial theory of electoral competition, initiated by Downs. Two main lines of inquiry are distinguished. The first is concerned with the purely analytical properties of majority preference as an aggregation rule for mapping individual preferences into social preferences. The second is devoted to providing explanations of the choices of political decision-makers, and the consequences of these choices, within a simple plurality electoral system. These two lines are intimately related. -Author
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 439-460 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1983 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
- Public Administration
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law