Expressive choice

Colin Jennings

Chapter 41 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice, 2025, pp 284-291 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The idea of a choice having direct expressive meaning without reference to indirect instrumental effects is now generally accepted within rational choice and has been given most relevance within the field of political economics. The reason is that so much of what constitutes political action is collective in nature. This chapter discusses how expressive choice can be incorporated into rational actor theory and the debate regarding strategic versus sincere voting that relates to the tension between instrumental and expressive preferences. It then reviews the idea of expressiveness as identity and as a moral choice, and discusses implications for constitutional political economy.

Keywords: Expressive Choice; Collective Action; Strategic Voting; Identity; Moral Choice; Constitutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802207743
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