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On Riker's Theory of Political Succession
Author(s) -
Nurmi Hannu
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1983.tb00278.x
Subject(s) - disequilibrium , voting , politics , relevance (law) , ecological succession , political science , positive economics , political economy , sociology , economics , law , biology , ophthalmology , medicine , ecology
Riker's view of the dynamical forces of political systems singles out disequilibrium, strategic voting and agenda‐manipulation as the pervasive features determining the nature of political change. We shall investigate these characteristics in some detail and thereafter evaluate the methodological aspects of Riker's theory. Some observations on the general relevance of the equilibrium analysis of multi‐dimensional spatial voting models for the study of political institutions are also made.