“投票悖论”的分析及其矫正——理性选择理论的“投票现象”应用批判

投票机制是民主政治的制度性保障,但它却存在着一个悖论。这一悖论可被简单地表述为：在投票参与者意识到自己的选票对结果的影响是微不足道的时候,他们往往不会牺牲闲暇以及交通成本等方面的付出到投票站投出手中的选票。美国大选仅仅具有半数左右的参与率似乎也在事实上为以上＂洞见＂提供了心理学依据和社会学依据。在试图解决投票悖论这一问题的过程中,具体分析理性选择理论是如何从一个过分武断化了的前提出发,而走向一条循环论证的死胡同的;进而希望通过为投票动机添加新的变量的方式来缓解理性选择理论的这种弊病。

On the Analysis and Correction of "Voting Paradox"——The Application and Criticism of "Voting Phenomenon" in Rational Choice Theory

Voting mechanismis the institutional guarantee of democratic politics,but ithas a paradox.This paradox can be simply described as follows: when the voting participants realize that their votes have inappreciable influence on the result,they will not cast their votes in sacrifice of their free time and the transportation costs.The fact that there is only about half of the participant rate in the US General Election in fact provides the insight above with psychological and sociological bases.This thesis makes...