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A theory of political cycles [PDF]

Journal of Economic Theory, 2008
We study how the proximity of elections affects policy choices in a model in which policymakers want to improve their reputation to increase their reelection chances. Policymakers' equilibrium decisions depend on both their reputation and the proximity of the next election.
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Political Theory and Political Judgment

PS: Political Science & Politics, 1984
Few political theorists today try to show how the principles of theory should guide our judgments of policy. Theorists think that their job is done when they have explained the principles, or (more commonly) when they have interpreted the principles of other theorists.
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Political Theory and Political Education

Higher Education Quarterly, 1955
The subject of this paper is very old and could readily be stated in terms of Plato’s Republic; the implication of the title, ‘Political Theory and Political Education’, is that I want to state it in terms of an inaugural lecture which was given by Professor Michael Oakeshott in March 1951, when he took over the famous Chair of Political Science at the
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Governance as political theory

Critical Policy Studies, 2011
The concept of governance has become very fashionable over the past several decades, and indeed has become one of the most commonly used terms in political science. One French scholar, for example, has referred to this term as a “fetish.” Further, the term has become widely used in the discussions and publications of international organizations ...
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Political Theory and the Displacement of Politics

2016
This book, originally published in 1993, has been called a founding text of agonism, which treats political contestation not as a regrettably necessary way to correct political imperfections but as a necessary, sometimes joyful feature of democratic life.
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Political Theory and the Theory of Action

Western Political Quarterly, 1981
T HHE PURPOSE of this essay is to present the basic elements of a theory of human action and to suggest their relevance for claims about political phenomena. Although it would be desirable to offer the analysis of action without an introduction and justification, there are at least two reasons why such a move might be problematical. First, this type of
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The Politics of Theory

Social Text, 1987
Any title of the form "the politics of x" suggests that we already know what "politics" is and are about to find out how x measures up against it. "Politics" serves as a yardstick, an undeviating standard. It does all the questioning but does not itself get questioned. This is a position of power, and it has been abused. If titles like "the politics of
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Theory and Politics

2010
If we are to undertake an archaeology of the contemporary past, we need Wrst to be able to characterize it—to understand both those quotidian aspects of contemporary life as well as what makes this period distinct from other periods that preceded it. Although we have already suggested in Chapter 1 that the archaeology of the contemporary past should ...
Rodney Harrison, John Schofield
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The Politics of Theory

Transactional Analysis Journal, 1981
Identifies factors affecting a theoretician, viz,. active membership in a professional organization, ongoing changes in the professional society in general, ongoing changes in the individual's pers...
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