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

by Bryan D. Jones

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226406512
• ISBN13: 9780226406510
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"