選挙競争の空間分析について : ダウンズモデルとその展開を中心に

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This paper deals with the spatial model analysis of electoral competition, which has recently drawn increasing attention from the contemporary political scientists. The spatial model, which has an academic origin in economics, especially Harold Hotelling's spatial position analysis in competitive market situation, was applied to party competition in election by Anthony Downs in 1957. Then, it has been logically modified and mathematically elaborated by William Riker and Peter Ordeshook. Today, many scholars who have been trained in mathematics and statistics are engaged in this analysis. Now, it is regarded as a sort of rational-choice approach and evaluated as a successful application of mathematical model to politics. The content of this paper is as follows. 1. Introduction 2. Downs's Spatial Analysis (1) Assumption of Rationality (2) Uncertainty and Ideology (3) Spatial Model of Electoral Competition 3. The Development of Spatial Analysis (1) Stokes's Criticism to the Downsian Model (2) The Riker=Ordeshook Model 4. Conclusion
関西学院大学の論文
1978-10-01