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Hinich, Melvin Jay was born on April 29, 1939 in Pittsburgh. Son of Joseph and Sara (Rubinstein) Hinich.
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This book provides an introduction to an important approach to the study of voting and elections: the spatial theory of voting. In contrast to the social-psychological approach to studying voting behaviour, the spatial theory of voting is premised on the idea of self-interested choice. Voters cast votes on the basis of their evaluation of the candidates or policy alternatives competing for their vote. Candidates fashion their appeals to the voters in an effort to win votes. The spatial theory provides explicit definitions for these behavioural assumptions to determines the form that self-interested behaviour will take. The consequences of this behaviour for the type of candidate or policy that voters will select is the major focus of the theory. There is a twofold purpose to this work. The first is to provide an elementary but rigourous introduction to an important body of political science research. The second is to design and test a spatial theory of elections that provides insights into the nature of election contests. The book will appeal to a wide audience, since the mathematics is kept to an accessible level.
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There is no unified theory that can explain both voter choice and where choices come from. Hinich and Munger fill that gap with their model of political communication based on ideology. Rather than beginning with voters and diffuse, atomistic preferences, Hinich and Munger explore why large groups of voters share preference profiles, why they consider themselves "liberals" or "conservatives." The reasons, they argue, lie in the twin problems of communication and commitment that politicians face. Voters, overloaded with information, ignore specific platform positions. Parties and candidates therefore communicate through simple statements of goals, analogies, and by invoking political symbols. But politicians must also commit to pursuing the actions implied by these analogies and symbols. Commitment requires that ideologies be used consistently, particularly when it is not in the party's short-run interest. The model Hinich and Munger develop accounts for the choices of voters, the goals of politicians, and the interests of contributors. It is an important addition to political science and essential reading for all in that discipline. "Hinich and Munger's study of ideology and the theory of political choice is a pioneering effort to integrate ideology into formal political theory. It is a major step in directing attention toward the way in which ideology influences the nature of political choices." --Douglass C. North ". . . represents a significant contribution to the literature on elections, voting behavior, and social choice." --Policy Currents Melvin Hinich is Professor of Government, University of Texas. Michael C. Munger is Associate Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina.
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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.
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The nine papers in this volume are a diverse set of quality contributions to the field in economics that is called political economy. It is important to understand that social scientists hold different interpretations of the term political economy. Most mainstream economists expect a paper in the field to use the same models as are used in neoclassical economics, be it micro or macro. The field of political economy is seen by most economists to be exclusively the purview of their field. However, the political system of a country determines the nature of its economics system. The economy feeds back to the political system but the rules of the game are determined by the political system.The study of politics is the hardest task in the social sciences. The political system defines the scope of the economics system while taking resources from the economy in order to run campaigns and produce the types of compromises that are required of a stable political system that allows economic agents to make sensible investments. The interaction between the highly inter-dependant yet very different fields of politics and economics forms the basis of this volume. It contains a collection of key papers on the topic of analytical political economy. The papers authored by some of the foremost experts in the field. It is part of the "ISETE" series.
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government and economics educator
Hinich, Melvin Jay was born on April 29, 1939 in Pittsburgh. Son of Joseph and Sara (Rubinstein) Hinich.
Bachelor of Science, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1959. Master of Science in Math, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics, Stanford, 1963.
Assistant professor industrial administration, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1963-1968;
associate professor industrial administration, statistics, 1968-1970;
professor statistics, political economy, Carnegie Mellon U., 1970-1973;
professor economics department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1973-1982;
professor government and economics, University Texas, Austin, since 1982;
Frank Erwin professor government, University Texas, 1984-1986;
Mike Hogg professor government and economics, University Texas, since 1986;
with Applied Research laboratories, University Texas, since 1985. Fairchild distinguished scholar California Institute Technology Inc., Pasadena, 1975-1976. Consultant Teledyne-Isotopes, Inc., International Research & Technology, Inc., Food and Drug Administration, Air Pollution Control-Allegheny County Health Department, United States Naval Coastal Systems Center, Tracor Applied Sciences, Institute Macroeconomics, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
Consultant task force on regulatory reform United States Senate Government Operations Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Saclant Research Center, La Spezia, Italy, development program United Nations.
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Fellow Institute Mathematics Statistics, Public Choice Society (president since 1982). Member American Statistical Association, American Political Science Association, American Economics Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Sonje Gregg, September 14, 1966. 1 child Amy Sara.
