http://seekerblog.com/archives/20070223/the-logic-of-political-survival/ Seeking reliable, objective sources on economics, foreign-policy and energy-policy issues. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://seekerblog.com/archives/20070223/the-logic-of-political-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-7510 Political Logic « Thinking Things Through Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:59:04 +0000 http://seekerblog.com/archives/20070223/the-logic-of-political-survival/#comment-7510 [...] Political Logic Every now and then I find something that opens my eyes to a new way of looking at things. This post on the logic of politics is one such thing. Not only is the analysis compelling, it strikes me as extensible beyond the bounds of the original idea. Politicians have an incentive to seek and keep power, but their success depends upon a selectorate and a winning coalition. This kind of analysis can explain a great deal of the seemingly idiosyncratic nature of politics and politicians. [...] [...] Political Logic Every now and then I find something that opens my eyes to a new way of looking at things. This post on the logic of politics is one such thing. Not only is the analysis compelling, it strikes me as extensible beyond the bounds of the original idea. Politicians have an incentive to seek and keep power, but their success depends upon a selectorate and a winning coalition. This kind of analysis can explain a great deal of the seemingly idiosyncratic nature of politics and politicians. [...]

]]> http://seekerblog.com/archives/20070223/the-logic-of-political-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-7509 Jim Dew Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:48:06 +0000 http://seekerblog.com/archives/20070223/the-logic-of-political-survival/#comment-7509 Thanks for taking the trouble to summarize the podcast. This is really powerful stuff. Thanks for taking the trouble to summarize the podcast. This is really powerful stuff.

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