A Logic of Expressive Choice

by Alexander A. Schuessler

Book Overview

Alexander Schuessler has done what many deemed impossible: he has wedded rational choice theory and the concerns of social theory and anthropology to explain why people vote. The "paradox of participation"--why individuals cast ballots when they have virtually no effect on electoral outcomes--has long puzzled social scientists. And it has particularly troubled rational choice theorists, who like to describe political activity in terms of incentives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691006628
• ISBN13: 9780691006628
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"