A growing literature has focused attention on 'expressive'rather than 'instrumental'behaviour
in political settings, particularly voting. A common criticism of the expressive idea is that it is …

It has been suggested that voting may be an``expressive''action taken without regard to any
hope of actuallyinfluencing election outcomes on the margin. However, therehas been no …

Expressive behavior is the self-interested quest for utility through acts and declarations that
confirm a person's identity. Expressive voting is an example of expressive behavior. I …

There are two rival accounts of rational voting in the public choice tradition: the mainstream
instrumental account, that sees the vote as a revelation of preference over possible electoral …

The legitimacy of compelling citizens to vote is rarely explored beyond claims about partisan
benefit or infractions of liberty and democratic freedom of choice. Using the Australian model …

For more than 40 years, rational choice theorists have noted that some voters may be
expressively motivated. Their approaches generally have lacked a theoretical foundation …

Do people vote in elections for reasons that have nothing to do with the possibility that their
own vote may decide the result of the election? That is, do they vote for “expressive” …

In common with most other mass democratic parties the Conservative party has a large
group of active members who sustain the party over time. A model is developed to explain …

Democratic theorists increasingly stress that democratic legitimacy rests primarily on
authentic deliberation. Critics of deliberative democracy believe that this hope is unrealistic …

The article offers a new solution to one of the major puzzles facing the public choice‐
paradigm: the 'Paradox of not voting'. Utilizing a principal‐agent model, I argue that voting …