The simple art of voting [electronic resource] : the cognitive shortcuts of Italian voters /
by Baldassarri, Delia.
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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199979783 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Voting -- Italy | Elections -- Italy | Italy -- Politics and government -- 1994-Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In this work, Delia Baldassarri provides a new understanding of how voting works by focusing on how choices are made rather than on what their outcomes are. Drawing on recent advances in cognitive psychology, political cognition, and behavioral economics, Baldassarri distinguishes voters based on the cognitive shortcuts, or heuristics, they use to reduce the complexity of political choice.
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Translated from the Italian.
In this work, Delia Baldassarri provides a new understanding of how voting works by focusing on how choices are made rather than on what their outcomes are. Drawing on recent advances in cognitive psychology, political cognition, and behavioral economics, Baldassarri distinguishes voters based on the cognitive shortcuts, or heuristics, they use to reduce the complexity of political choice.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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