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	address = {New York},
	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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