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Rationality of Irrationality Political Determinants and Effects of Party Position Blurring

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Citizens in democracies complain that political parties' positions on major issues are too ambiguous for them to confidently understand. Why is party position ambiguity so common? Are party positions ambiguous because political parties fail in forming clear policies or because they deliberately...

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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Han, Kyung Joon (auth)
Fformat: Electronig Pennod Llyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: University of Michigan Press 2022
Pynciau:
Politics & government
Political parties
Party politics, Party position, Party competition, Position blurring, Position ambiguity, Ambiguous party position, Vague party position, Western Europe, Social democratic party, Radical right-wing party, Issue competition, Issue emphasis, Issue salience, Polarization, Party supporter division, Issue competence, Immigration, Responsible party model, Personalization of politics, Manual worker
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Crynodeb:Citizens in democracies complain that political parties' positions on major issues are too ambiguous for them to confidently understand. Why is party position ambiguity so common? Are party positions ambiguous because political parties fail in forming clear policies or because they deliberately blur their positions? Rationality of Irrationality argues that political parties are motivated to strategically blur their position on an issue when they struggle with a certain disadvantage in the issue. Specifically, political parties present an ambiguous position when their own supporters are divided in their stances on the issue. A political party also blurs position stances when voters do not acknowledge that the party has the ability and integrity to solve problems related to the issue. Political parties blur their position in these cases because ambiguous party positions divert voters' attention from the issue. Voters support a political party whose policy positions on major issues are close to their own stances. However, voters cannot confidently and exactly estimate party positions on an issue when they are only ambiguous.
Disgrifiad Corfforoll:1 electronic resource (245 p.)
ISBN:mpub.11989496
9780472075539
9780472055531
Mynediad:Open Access

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