COGNITIVE STRUCTURE. UNCERTAINTY. AND THE RATIONALITY OF POLITICAL ACTION: A SYNTHESIS OF ECONOMIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 275-291
ISSN: 0304-4130
PRESENTS A SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL MODIFICATION OF ANTHONY DOWNS' ECONOMIC THEORY OF DEMOCRACY. FOCUSES ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BEHAVIOR AND UNCERTAINTY. THIS PROVIDES A MORE SYSTEMATIC LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL'S INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ITS EFFECT ON BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR. NO EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE IS PRESENTED TO SUPPORT THE VALIDITY OF THIS PROPOSED MODIFICATION.