Mgr. Michal Tóth

Bachelor's thesis

Experimentálne skúmanie racionálne motivovanej ochoty k voľbe v systéme dvojkolového hlasovania

An Experimental Study of Rationally Motivated Willingness to Participate in the Two-Round Voting System
Abstract:
Application of the basic economic market mechanisms into various aspects of political decision making, introduced by Anthony Downs, has brought not only new approach to the study of voter behaviour, but also induced thorough criticism. Such criticism refused assumptions about functioning of a democratic society raised by Downs. Rational choice theory, which Downs used in his research, led to the „paradox …more
Abstract:
Aplikácia základných ekonomických trhových mechanizmov na jednotlivé aspekty politického rozhodovania, s ktorou prišiel Anthony Downs, so sebou priniesla nielen nový pohľad na výskum voličského správania, ale vyvolala aj rozsiahlu vlnu kritiky odmietajúcu a spochybňujúcu Downsove predpoklady o fungovaní demokratickej spoločnosti. Teória racionálnej voľby, o ktorú sa Downs opieral, totiž viedla k vzniku …more
 
 
Language used: Slovak
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 29. 4. 2014

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 26. 5. 2014
  • Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Roman Chytilek, Ph.D.
  • Reader: Mgr. Jozef Zagrapan, Ph.D.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Social Studies

Bachelor programme / field:
Political Science / Political Science