▪ Abstract We take as our starting point the insights of into two-party competition. A careful
reading of Downs offers a much more sophisticated and nuanced portrait of the factors …

The spatial model of elections identifies factors that motivate party elites to shift their policy
positions, including changes in voters' policy preferences, rival parties' policy shifts, past …

Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a novel computational methodology for representing the
behavior of individuals in order to study social phenomena. Its use is rapidly growing in …

Political behavior is the result of innumerable unnoticed forces and conscious deliberation is
often a rationalization of automatically triggered feelings and thoughts. Citizens are very …

In this landmark book, Scott Page redefines the way we understand ourselves in relation to
one another. The Difference is about how we think in groups--and how our collective …

This book represents a considerable revision and expansion of Public Choice II (1989). As
in the previous additions, all of the major topics of public choice are covered. These include …

This is the first comprehensive critical evaluation of the use of rational choice explanations in
political science. Writing in an accessible and nontechnical style, Donald P. Green and Ian …

This article argues that the agent‐based computational model permits a distinctive approach
to social science for which the term “generative” is suitable. In defending this terminology …

Why have so many established political parties across Latin America collapsed in recent
years? Party Brands in Crisis offers an explanation that highlights the effect of elite actions …

The application of agent-based modelling (ABM) to simulating dynamics within geographical
systems has seen a considerable increase over the last decade. ABM allows the …