Logic of Expressive Choice

"I have read many attempts to formulate and analyze what Schuessler calls Expressive Choice, but this is the first one that really comes off. The combination of analytical rigor and imaginative exposition makes it a treat, and a convincing one, to read. There is nothing else quite like it. It deserves a wide audience."--Thomas C. Schelling, Harvard University and University of Maryland "In this innovative work, Alex Schuessler confidently enters the hotly contested terrain between the cultural and rational choice traditions. Many of us have sensed the opportunities that lie there; but few of us possess the background and training necessary to harvest them. Possessing both, Alex Schuessler marks the path toward a new synthesis. This is an important new work."--Robert H. Bates, Harvard University "This is an important book on an important subject, and it is written in a way that will capture attention. Its central thesis is that an individual acts, or votes, with the goal of being someone rather than doing something."--Barry O'Neill, Stanford University "A Logic of Expressive Choice is the single best explanation so far of the puzzle of voting. It makes major advances beyond EVERYTHING yet written in psychology, political theory, or economics."--Samuel Popkin, University of California, San DiegoSchuessler, Alexander A. is the author of 'Logic of Expressive Choice' with ISBN 9780691006611 and ISBN 069100661X.