An Evolutionary Theory of Democracy: Dynamic Evolutionary Models of American Party Competition with an Empirical Application to the Case of Abortion Policy from 1972-2010

<p>In this dissertation, I challenge the unitary-actor assumption of contemporary theoretical models of American politics and re-conceptualize party competition as an evolutionary process. I begin by discussing the assumptions of Darwin's theory and their applicability to American party...

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Main Author: Montgomery, Jacob Michael
Other Authors: Aldrich, John H
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/5634