[HTML][HTML] Multipolar social systems: Measuring polarization beyond dichotomous contexts

S Martin-Gutierrez, JC Losada, RM Benito - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2023 - Elsevier
Social polarization is a growing concern worldwide, as it strains social relations, erodes trust
in institutions, and thus hurts democratic societies. Polarization has been traditionally …

From on high: the effect of elite polarization on mass attitudes and behaviors, 1972–2012

JN Zingher, ME Flynn - British Journal of Political Science, 2018 - cambridge.org
Though there is widespread scholarly consensus that American political elites have become
increasingly ideologically polarized, there remains debate about how the mass electorate …

[图书][B] Nuevo institucionalismo: gobernanza, economía y políticas públicas

XC Arias, G Caballero - 2013 - books.google.com
Este libro proporciona contribuciones que permiten un acercamiento solvente al nuevo
institucionalismo en las ciencias sociales y recoge aportaciones que se sitúan en la frontera …

Estimating the effects of activists in two-party and multi-party systems: comparing the United States and Israel

N Schofield, C Claassen, U Ozdemir… - Social choice and welfare, 2011 - Springer
This article presents an electoral model where activist groups contribute resources to their
favored parties. These resources are then used by the party candidates to enhance the …

[图书][B] Mathematical methods in economics and social choice

N Schofield - 2003 - Springer
The use of mathematics in the social sciences is expanding both in breadth and depth at an
increasing rate. It has made its way from economics into the other social sciences, often …

[图书][B] Leadership or chaos: The heart and soul of politics

N Schofield, M Gallego, JS Jeon, U Ozdemir - 2011 - Springer
Combining elements of economic reasoning and political science has proven to be very
useful for understanding the broad variation in economic development around the world. In …

The variable choice set logit model applied to the 2004 Canadian election

M Gallego, N Schofield, K McAlister, JS Jeon - Public Choice, 2014 - Springer
Formal work on the electoral model often suggests that parties should locate at the electoral
mean. Recent research has found no evidence of such convergence. In order to explain non …

A spatial valence model of political participation in China

JY Wu - Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In spatial models of political competition in democracies, citizens vote for the party or
candidate that is the closest to their own ideological position, while in valence models …

Challenges to the standard Euclidean spatial model

JX Eguia - Advances in political economy: Institutions, modelling …, 2013 - Springer
Spatial models of political competition over multiple issues typically assume that agents'
preferences are represented by utility functions that are decreasing in the Euclidean …

Do parties converge to the electoral mean in all political systems?

M Gallego, N Schofield - Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Many formal models suggest that parties or candidates should locate at the electoral mean.
Yet, there is no consistent evidence of such convergence across political systems …