Frustrated Majorities
Subtitle: How Issue Intensity Enables Smaller Groups of Voters to Get What They Want
Series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781009167680
Table of contents: title: Frontmatter
pagenum: i; title: Contents
pagenum: v; title: Figures
pagenum: ix; title: Tables
pagenum: xi; title: Theorems
pagenum: xiii; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xv; label: Part I
title: Frustrated Majorities, Issue Intensity, and Political Action
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: Majoritarian Politics and Minority Interests
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: The Political Science of Representation, Elections, and Intensity
pagenum: 20; label: Part II
title: Argument: an Intensity Theory of Electoral Competition
pagenum: 45; label: 3
title: Sketching a Theory of Intensity and Electoral Competition
pagenum: 47; label: 4
title: Theory and Model Results: Issue Intensity, Costly Action, and Minority Representation
pagenum: 68; label: 5
title: Model Extensions: Varying Size of the Minority, the Free-Rider Problem, and Social Welfare
pagenum: 85; label: Part III
title: Evidence: Empirical Patterns and Intensity Theory
pagenum: 97; label: 6
title: Introduction to Empirical Evidence
pagenum: 99; label: 7
title: Politicians Side with Intense Minorities
pagenum: 104; label: 8
title: Issues of Intensity Explain Vote Choice
pagenum: 118; label: 9
title: Opening Avenues of Costly Action: Institutional Change to Costs of Campaign Contributions
pagenum: 131; label: 10
title: Closing Avenues of Costly Action: Reform to Primary Elections
pagenum: 146; label: Part IV
title: Conclusions
pagenum: 163; label: 11
title: Conclusion: Implications for Representative Democracy and the Study of Politics
pagenum: 165; label: Part V
title: Appendices
pagenum: 177; label: Appendix A
title: Mathematical Model of Intensity and Electoral Competition
pagenum: 179; label: Appendix B
title: Formalities of Chapter 5
pagenum: 201; label: Appendix C
title: Supplementary Information for Chapter 8
pagenum: 211; label: Appendix D
title: Supplementary Information for Chapter 9
pagenum: 213; label: Appendix E
title: Supplementary Information for Chapter 10
pagenum: 215; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 221; title: Index
pagenum: 233