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Analytical Politics Book

To 'analyse' means to break into components and understand. But new readers find modern mathematical theories of politics so inaccessible that analysis is difficult. Where does one start? Analytical Politics is an introduction to analytical theories of politics, explicitly designed both for the interested professional and students in political science. We cannot evaluate how well governments perform without some baseline for comparison: what should governments be doing? This book focuses on the role of the 'center' in politics, drawing from the classical political theories of Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, and others. The main questions in Analytical Politics involve the existence and stability of the center; when does it exist? When should the center guide policy? How do alternative voting rules help in discovering the center? An understanding of the work reviewed here is essential for anyone who hopes to evaluate the performance or predict the actions of democratic governments.Read More

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  • Book Description

    This book reviews and explains introductory "formal theory" in political science. The basis of formal theory is the "spatial model." Melvin Hinich was one of the main creators of spatial political theory in the 1960's. In 1984 he published The Spatial Theory of Voting, with James Enelow. Analytical Politics updates this earlier work, and makes it accessible to a much broader audience. Most important, this is the first book to examine the foundations of spatial theory in the classic political theories of Aristotle, Hobbes, and Rousseau.

  • Product Description

    Analytical Politics is an introduction to analytical theories of politics, explicitly designed both for the interested professional and classes in political science. We cannot evaluate how well governments perform without some baseline for comparison: What should governments be doing? This book focuses on the role of the "center" in politics, drawing from the classical political theories of Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, and others. The main questions in Analytical Politics involve the existence and stability of the center: When does it exist? When should the center guide policy? An understanding of the work reviewed here is essential for anyone who hopes to evaluate the performance or predict the actions of democratic governments.

  • 0521565677
  • 9780521565677
  • Melvin J. Hinich, Michael C. Munger
  • 13 April 1997
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 268
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