Rationality and party activism: Encompassing tests of alternative models of political participation
Rationality and party activism: Encompassing tests of alternative models of political participation
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理性与政党激进主义：包括对政治参与替代模式的测试
DOI：
10.1111/j.1475-6765.1996.tb00649.x
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发表时间：
1996
影响因子：
5.3
通讯作者：
P. Seyd
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作者：
Paul Whitely;P. Seyd
本文的目的是测试一个理性的行动者模型的政治参与竞争对手的模型，看看哪一个提供了最好的理论帐户的参与。这是利用英国工党成员的第一次小组调查的数据完成的。测试使用包含方法，一种模型构建方法，源于应用计量经济学的最新发展。理性选择模型进行测试对社会心理模型，和“一般激励”模型已被用于在早期的研究，以解释党的积极性。结果表明，虽然理性选择模型具有重要的解释力，但它提供了一个不完整的参与帐户。一个“简化形式”的模型，其中包括其他模型，并提供了最好的解释说明党的积极性。
The purpose of this paper is to test a rational actor model of political participation against rival models to see which provides the best theoretical account of participation. This is done using data from the first panel survey of Labour party members in Britain. The tests use encompassing methodology, an approach to model building which arises out of recent developments in applied econometrics. The rational choice model is tested against a social-psychological model, and a ‘general incentives’ model which has been utilized in earlier research to explain party activism. The results show that while the rational choice model has important explanatory power, it provides an incomplete account of participation. A ‘reduced form’ model is developed which encompasses the other models, and provides the best explanatory account of party activism.