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Three Classical Approaches to the Research of Electoral Behaviour

Author(s): Ivan Šiber
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: voters’ behaviour; electoral process; party identification; procedural rationality; substantial rationality;

Summary/Abstract: The paper depicts various orientations, methodological approaches and insights into the three dominant types of electoral process research: political/sociological, focusing on the position of the individual within the structure of society; political/psychological, focusing on the party identification and the structure of attitudes; and political/economical, focusing on the rational choice process. By distinguishing between the substantial and the procedural rationality, these approaches are not considered to be rival or mutually exclusive, but complementary, enabling us to understand individual electoral decisions through their interaction.

  • Issue Year: XL/2003
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 88-103
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Croatian
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