The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Exhibit 711

After the 'Master Theory': Downs, Schattschneider, and the Rebirth of Policy-Focused Analysis

Exhibit 711 ยท Peer-reviewed article

After the 'Master Theory': Downs, Schattschneider, and the Rebirth of Policy-Focused Analysis

These benefits are illustrated through brief examinations of two of the biggest changes in American politics over the last generation: asymmetric partisan polarization and the growing concentration of income at the top.

Published in the same issue as Gilens and Page 2014. Contrasts a Downsian view (elections and the median voter) with a Schattschneider view in which policy and organized groups are central. Applies the second view to asymmetric partisan polarization and to income concentration at the top.

Source
Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, Perspectives on Politics 12(3), pp. 643-662
Date
September 2014
Quoted from
Abstract (Hacker and Pierson, Perspectives on Politics 12(3): 643-662), via Crossref
Grade
Peer-reviewed
Document
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592714001637
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit
Note
The publisher abstract was seen only as copied by OpenAlex; no wording is quoted until checked against the publisher page.

Cited by

No published finding cites this exhibit.