An economic theory of democracy. Downs, A. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1957.
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Awards: American Political Science Association Benjamin E. Lippincott Award, 2007. American Political Science Association Benjamin E. Lippincott Award, 2007. This book seeks to elucidate its subject–the governing of democratic states–by making intelligible the party politics of democracies.–From foreword. Foreward – Part I: Basic Structure of the Model. Introduction – Party Motivation and the Function of Government in Society – The Basic Logic of Voting – The Basic Logic of Government Decision-Making – Part II: The General Effects of Uncertainty. The Meaning of Uncertainty – How Uncertainty Affects Government Decision-Making – The Development of Political Ideologies as Means of Getting Votes – The Statics and Dynamics of Party Ideologies – Problems of Rationality Under Coalition Governments – Government Vote-Maximizing and Individual Marginal Equilibrium – Part III: Specific Effects of Information Costs. The Process of Becoming Informed – How Rational Citizens Reduce Information Costs – The Returns from Information and Their Diminution – The Causes and Effects of Rational Abstention – Part IV: Derivative Implications and Hypotheses. A Comment on Economic Theories of Government Behaviour – Testable Propositions Derived from the Theory – Bibliography – Index of Names – Index of Subjects.
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	title = {An economic theory of democracy},
	isbn = {0-06-041750-1},
	abstract = {Awards: American Political Science Association Benjamin E. Lippincott Award, 2007. American Political Science Association Benjamin E. Lippincott Award, 2007. This book seeks to elucidate its subject--the governing of democratic states--by making intelligible the party politics of democracies.--From foreword. Foreward -- Part I: Basic Structure of the Model. Introduction -- Party Motivation and the Function of Government in Society -- The Basic Logic of Voting -- The Basic Logic of Government Decision-Making -- Part II: The General Effects of Uncertainty. The Meaning of Uncertainty -- How Uncertainty Affects Government Decision-Making -- The Development of Political Ideologies as Means of Getting Votes -- The Statics and Dynamics of Party Ideologies -- Problems of Rationality Under Coalition Governments -- Government Vote-Maximizing and Individual Marginal Equilibrium -- Part III: Specific Effects of Information Costs. The Process of Becoming Informed -- How Rational Citizens Reduce Information Costs -- The Returns from Information and Their Diminution -- The Causes and Effects of Rational Abstention -- Part IV: Derivative Implications and Hypotheses. A Comment on Economic Theories of Government Behaviour -- Testable Propositions Derived from the Theory -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.},
	urldate = {2019-01-14},
	publisher = {Harper \& Brothers},
	author = {Downs, Anthony},
	year = {1957},
}

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