The dimensionality of political space: Epistemological and methodological considerations

• Main Authors: BENOIT, Kenneth, LAVER, Michael
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Policy dimensions; party competition; policy positions; ideal point estimation; expert surveys; Models and Methods; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3985; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5243/viewcontent/DOPS_11_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Spatial characterizations of agents' preferences lie at the heart of many theories of political competition. These give rise to explicitly dimensional interpretations. Parties define and differentiate themselves in terms of substantive policy issues, and the configuration of such issues that is...