Anders Westholm
Biographic Data
| ID | 247193 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anders Westholm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anders |
| FAMILY NAME | Westholm |
| SIGNATURE | WESTHOLM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 257 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Explaining Modes of Participation: A Dynamic Test of Alternative Rational Choice Models
Rational choice accounts of political participation identify two major solutions to ‘the paradox of participation’: collective incentives and selective incentives. Prior findings regarding the viability of these solutions are seemingly inconclusive and contradictory. One important reason for this could be that the applicability of these solutions varies across participatory modes. In this article, a first attempt is made to develop a theoretical …
Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies
On the Return of Epicycles: Some Crossroads in Spatial Modeling Revisited
In a 1997 article in the American Political Science Review, I contend that the success of the new, directional model of electoral choice is illusory rather than real. When appropriately evaluated, the classical Downsian proximity model remains the better theory. In a subsequent article, in the Journal of Politics, Macdonald, Rabinowitz, and Listhaug (1998) contend that I am nowhere right. Soon thereafter, the empty center in the controversy betwe…
The Perceptual Pathway: Tracing the Mechanisms of Political Value Transfer across Generations
The transfer of political values across generations is commonly understood as a two‐step process. First, the child perceives the characteristics of the parent, thereby creating an image of what the parent is like. Second, the child is persuaded to adapt his or her own views to that image. Despite its theoretical dominance, the details of this perceptual pathway of parentalsocialization have rarely been examined empirically. A major Swedish social…
Distance versus Direction: The Illusory Defeat of the Proximity Theory of Electoral Choice
In an extensive series of articles, Rabinowitz, Macdonald, and Listhaug have launched a new, directional theory of electoral choice. According to their claims, the new theory is superior to the classical Downsian proximity model. Such a conclusion, however, is not tenable. First, it fails to take proper account of the lower falsifiability of the directional model. Second, it rests on empirical analyses that do not test the two theories on the pre…
Votes for Sale: The Logic of Power in Joint‐Stock Companies
The joint‐stock company as an institution rests on two major principles. On the one hand, it embodies the logic of collective choice. The ultimate rights to power are vested in a constituency composed of the stockholders. The constituency elects a board which in turn appoints an executive. Decisions are usually taken by majority rule. In these respects, the joint‐stock company resembles the democratic polity. On the other hand, it also includes i…
Political Institutions and Political Socialization: A Cross-National Study
When systematic empirical research on political socialization began some thirty years ago, the idea of party identification as a primary vehicle of continuity in the American political culture was already well established. The works of Lazarsfeld et al., Campbell et al., and Hyman had paved the way for a tradition of scholarship in which partisanship was central to the understanding of mass political behavior.1 This tradition encompassed, and in …
Youth Unemployment and Political Alienation
Issues, parties and attitudinal stability: A comparative study of Sweden and the United States
Distance versus Direction: The Illusory Defeat of the Proximity Theory of Electoral Choice
In an extensive series of articles, Rabinowitz, Macdonald, and Listhaug have launched a new, directional theory of electoral choice. According to their claims, the new theory is superior to the classical Downsian proximity model. Such a conclusion, however, is not tenable. First, it fails to take proper account of the lower falsifiability of the directional model. Second, it rests on empirical analyses that do not test the two theories on the pre…
The Perceptual Pathway: Tracing the Mechanisms of Political Value Transfer across Generations
The transfer of political values across generations is commonly understood as a two‐step process. First, the child perceives the characteristics of the parent, thereby creating an image of what the parent is like. Second, the child is persuaded to adapt his or her own views to that image. Despite its theoretical dominance, the details of this perceptual pathway of parentalsocialization have rarely been examined empirically. A major Swedish social…
Political Institutions and Political Socialization: A Cross-National Study
When systematic empirical research on political socialization began some thirty years ago, the idea of party identification as a primary vehicle of continuity in the American political culture was already well established. The works of Lazarsfeld et al., Campbell et al., and Hyman had paved the way for a tradition of scholarship in which partisanship was central to the understanding of mass political behavior.1 This tradition encompassed, and in …
Explaining Modes of Participation: A Dynamic Test of Alternative Rational Choice Models
Rational choice accounts of political participation identify two major solutions to ‘the paradox of participation’: collective incentives and selective incentives. Prior findings regarding the viability of these solutions are seemingly inconclusive and contradictory. One important reason for this could be that the applicability of these solutions varies across participatory modes. In this article, a first attempt is made to develop a theoretical …
On the Return of Epicycles: Some Crossroads in Spatial Modeling Revisited
In a 1997 article in the American Political Science Review, I contend that the success of the new, directional model of electoral choice is illusory rather than real. When appropriately evaluated, the classical Downsian proximity model remains the better theory. In a subsequent article, in the Journal of Politics, Macdonald, Rabinowitz, and Listhaug (1998) contend that I am nowhere right. Soon thereafter, the empty center in the controversy betwe…
Issues, parties and attitudinal stability: A comparative study of Sweden and the United States
Youth Unemployment and Political Alienation
Votes for Sale: The Logic of Power in Joint‐Stock Companies
The joint‐stock company as an institution rests on two major principles. On the one hand, it embodies the logic of collective choice. The ultimate rights to power are vested in a constituency composed of the stockholders. The constituency elects a board which in turn appoints an executive. Decisions are usually taken by majority rule. In these respects, the joint‐stock company resembles the democratic polity. On the other hand, it also includes i…
Issues, parties and attitudinal stability: A comparative study of Sweden and the United States
Youth Unemployment and Political Alienation
Votes for Sale: The Logic of Power in Joint‐Stock Companies
The joint‐stock company as an institution rests on two major principles. On the one hand, it embodies the logic of collective choice. The ultimate rights to power are vested in a constituency composed of the stockholders. The constituency elects a board which in turn appoints an executive. Decisions are usually taken by majority rule. In these respects, the joint‐stock company resembles the democratic polity. On the other hand, it also includes i…
Political Institutions and Political Socialization: A Cross-National Study
When systematic empirical research on political socialization began some thirty years ago, the idea of party identification as a primary vehicle of continuity in the American political culture was already well established. The works of Lazarsfeld et al., Campbell et al., and Hyman had paved the way for a tradition of scholarship in which partisanship was central to the understanding of mass political behavior.1 This tradition encompassed, and in …
Distance versus Direction: The Illusory Defeat of the Proximity Theory of Electoral Choice
In an extensive series of articles, Rabinowitz, Macdonald, and Listhaug have launched a new, directional theory of electoral choice. According to their claims, the new theory is superior to the classical Downsian proximity model. Such a conclusion, however, is not tenable. First, it fails to take proper account of the lower falsifiability of the directional model. Second, it rests on empirical analyses that do not test the two theories on the pre…
The Perceptual Pathway: Tracing the Mechanisms of Political Value Transfer across Generations
The transfer of political values across generations is commonly understood as a two‐step process. First, the child perceives the characteristics of the parent, thereby creating an image of what the parent is like. Second, the child is persuaded to adapt his or her own views to that image. Despite its theoretical dominance, the details of this perceptual pathway of parentalsocialization have rarely been examined empirically. A major Swedish social…
On the Return of Epicycles: Some Crossroads in Spatial Modeling Revisited
In a 1997 article in the American Political Science Review, I contend that the success of the new, directional model of electoral choice is illusory rather than real. When appropriately evaluated, the classical Downsian proximity model remains the better theory. In a subsequent article, in the Journal of Politics, Macdonald, Rabinowitz, and Listhaug (1998) contend that I am nowhere right. Soon thereafter, the empty center in the controversy betwe…
Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies
Explaining Modes of Participation: A Dynamic Test of Alternative Rational Choice Models
Rational choice accounts of political participation identify two major solutions to ‘the paradox of participation’: collective incentives and selective incentives. Prior findings regarding the viability of these solutions are seemingly inconclusive and contradictory. One important reason for this could be that the applicability of these solutions varies across participatory modes. In this article, a first attempt is made to develop a theoretical …
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