Rationality of Irrationality

Citizens in democracies complain that political parties’ positions on major issues are too ambiguous for them to confidently understand. Why is party position ambiguity so common? Are party positions ambiguous because political parties fail in forming clear policies or because they deliberately blur...

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Main Author:	Han, Kyung Joon
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	University of Michigan Press 2022
Subjects:	Party politics, Party position, Party competition, Position blurring, Position ambiguity, Ambiguous party position, Vague party position, Western Europe, Social democratic party, Radical right-wing party, Issue competition, Issue emphasis, Issue salience, Polarization, Party supporter division, Issue competence, Immigration, Responsible party model, Personalization of politics, Manual worker thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPL Political parties and party platforms
Online Access:	https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58519
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