Conference paper

Elections and Political Science

Ivan Grdešić ; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Elections, election models, the political behaviour of the voters. are all par
excellence objects of study for political science. The author defines elections as
that kind of collective decision through which citizens mutually exchange information
on common and desirable values and establish priorities among different
possibilities. The electoral situation is structured by the working out of rules which
serve as guidance for collecting information, understanding the situation, rational
acting, and evaluating consequences. The postcommunist transition societies bent
towards establishing a democratic system must, in adition to the political rights
of voters in competitive elections, secure other civil anu social rights which are
constitutive for democracy.

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Hrčak ID:

112973

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/112973

Publication date:

1.6.1992.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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