Open AccessEconomic theory of democracy and rational voter
Author(s) -
Ivan Mladenović
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
filozofija i društvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2334-8577
pISSN - 0353-5738
DOI - 10.2298/fid0902177m
Subject(s) - democracy , voting , rational choice theory (criminology) , duty , positive economics , democratic theory , sociology , economics , epistemology , political science , neoclassical economics , law and economics , law , philosophy , politics
This paper aims to analyze Downs' conceptions of economic theory of democracy and rational voter. The author will defend the thesis that concept of duty as a solution for the paradox of not voting cannot be successfully integrated into the framework of economic theory of democracy