Reconceiving Decision-Making in Democratic Politics: Attention, Choice, and Public Policy - Couverture souple

Jones, Bryan D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226406512 ISBN 13 : 9780226406510

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1995

Synopsis

Most models of political decision-making maintain that individual preferences remain relatively constant. Why, then, are there often sudden abrupt changes in public opinion on political issues? Or total reversals by politicians on specific issues? Bryan D. Jones answers these questions by innovatively connecting insights from cognitive science and rational choice theory to political life.

Individuals and political systems alike, Jones argues, tend to be attentive to only one issue at a time. Using numerous examples from elections, public opinion polls, congressional deliberations, and of bureaucratic decision-making, he shows how shifting attentiveness can and does alter choices and political outcomes—even when underlying preferences remain relatively fixed. An individual, for example, may initially decide to vote for a candidate because of her stand on spending but change his vote when he learns of her position on abortion, never really balancing the two options.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bryan D. Jones is the J. J. Jake Pickle Regent s Chair in Congressional Studies in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Together, they are the authors of several books, including, most recently, "Agendas and Instability in American Politics", also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226406512
• ISBN 13: 9780226406510
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 285
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