02914nam 2200565I 450 991059506490332120220503111352.00-472-90291-110.3998/mpub.11989496(CKB)5710000000040437(NjHacI)995710000000040437(MiU)10.3998/mpub.11989496(MiAaPQ)EBC7099218(Au-PeEL)EBL7099218(OCoLC)1313669504(EXLCZ)99571000000004043720220503h20222022 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRationality of irrationality political determinants and effects of party position blurring /Kyung Joon Han1st ed.Ann Arbor, Michigan :University of Michigan Press,2022.©20221 online resource (232 pages)0-472-07553-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-215) and index.Citizens in democracies complain that political parties' positions on major issues are too ambiguous for them to confidently understand. Why is party position ambiguity so common? Are party positions ambiguous because political parties fail in forming a clear policy position or because they deliberately blur their position? Rationality of Irrationality argues that political parties are motivated to strategically blur their position on an issue when they struggle with a certain disadvantage in the issue. Specifically, political parties present an ambiguous position when their own supporters are divided in their stances on the issue. A political party also blurs a position stance when voters do not acknowledge that the party has ability and integrity to solve problems related to the issue. Political parties blur their position in these cases because ambiguous party positions divert voters' attention from the issue. Voters support a political party whose policy positions on major issues are close to their own stances. However, voters cannot confidently and exactly estimate party positions on an issue when they are only ambiguous.Political partiesPlatformsPolitical party rulesPolitical psychologyRight and left (Political science)Political partiesEurope, WesternPolitical partiesUnited StatesPolitical partiesPolitical party rules.Political psychology.Right and left (Political science)Political partiesPolitical parties324.2Han Kyung Joon1271819EYMEYMBOOK9910595064903321Rationality of Irrationality2996009UNINA