Spatial Theory

Melvin Hinich and Michael C. Munger

Chapter 18 in Readings in Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy, 2008, pp 295-304 from Springer

Abstract: One of the fundamental building blocks in the analysis of political phenomena is the representation of preferences. Without some means of capturing the essence of goals and trade-offs for individual choices, the mechanics of the public choice method are stalled. While there are many ways of representing preferences, the single most commonly used approach is the “spatial” model. The idea of conceiving preference in a kind of “space” is actually quite ancient, as the quote from Aristotle’s Politics below shows. Furthermore, there are hints of several topics of modern spatial theory, including the power of the “middle,” and the problem of instability in political processes.

Keywords: Public Choice; Social Choice; Spatial Model; Spatial Theory; Social Choice Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75870-1_18

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