Votes and Policy Preferences Equilibria in Party Systems

Why do political parties in democracies choose to stand for one policy platform rather than another? Is it merely a desire for obtaining votes, necessary to acquire government power, or do publicly interested motives also play a role in the policy positioning of parties? In this book, these questions are mainly dealt with through use of formal models, with the effects of this new model formally analyzed, whereupon an application is presented to the Dutch multi-party system.Hermsen, H. is the author of 'Votes and Policy Preferences Equilibria in Party Systems', published 2003 under ISBN 9789051701258 and ISBN 905170125X.