The Governance Cycle in Parliamentary Democracies: A Computational Social Science Approach

ISBN-13: 9781009315470 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 200 str.

Michael (New York University) Laver

Opis

This book provides tractable computational analyses of the crucial but complex processes of government formation and survival.

Recenzje

'In this foundational contribution to computational social science, de Marchi and Laver transform institutional analysis. Most important, they privilege realism by constructing and analyzing a far more descriptively accurate model of government formation processes than exists in the formal literature. That realism precludes the derivation of optimal strategies creating an opportunity for the authors to make plausible assumptions about party behavior. Their double pivot - toward institutional realism and away from full rationality - produces a compelling model with strong empirical support that will provide a template for future scholars.' Scott Page, University of Michigan

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Governance, complexity, computation and rationality; 2. The governance cycle; 3. Agent based model of government formation and survival; 4. Artificial intelligence and government formation; 5. Analyzing models of government formation and survival; 6. The empirics of government formation and survival; 7. Conclusions and aspirations; Appendices.