Michael D. McDonald and Ian Budge
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- February 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780199286720
- eISBN:
- 9780191603327
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199286728.003.0012
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter clinches the previous analysis by linking equilibria on both sides, (politics and policy) showing that they correspond closely. Broadly speaking, political preferences are transmitted ...
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This chapter clinches the previous analysis by linking equilibria on both sides, (politics and policy) showing that they correspond closely. Broadly speaking, political preferences are transmitted from median voter to median parliamentary party, from that to government, and then to ministries in the sequence postulated by the median mandate. This implies that under the froth and change of politics, certain stable processes continue, and these are in conformity with a median mandate interpretation of democratic processes.Less
This chapter clinches the previous analysis by linking equilibria on both sides, (politics and policy) showing that they correspond closely. Broadly speaking, political preferences are transmitted from median voter to median parliamentary party, from that to government, and then to ministries in the sequence postulated by the median mandate. This implies that under the froth and change of politics, certain stable processes continue, and these are in conformity with a median mandate interpretation of democratic processes.
David Marr
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262514620
- eISBN:
- 9780262289610
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262514620.003.0002
- Subject:
- Psychology, Vision
This chapter discusses the philosophy of visual perception. The systems for solving an information-processing problem are explained. The twin strands of process and representation are specifically ...
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This chapter discusses the philosophy of visual perception. The systems for solving an information-processing problem are explained. The twin strands of process and representation are specifically addressed. The chapter suggests that there is no ground for arguing that the brain operates so differently from a computer that a computer could not be programmed to perform the same tasks. It also shows that the overall framework divides the derivation of shape information from images into three representational stages: (1) the representation of properties of the two-dimensional image; (2) the representation of properties of the visible surfaces in a viewer-centered coordinate system; and (3) an object-centered representation of the three-dimensional structure and of the organization of the viewed shape, together with some description of its surface properties.Less
This chapter discusses the philosophy of visual perception. The systems for solving an information-processing problem are explained. The twin strands of process and representation are specifically addressed. The chapter suggests that there is no ground for arguing that the brain operates so differently from a computer that a computer could not be programmed to perform the same tasks. It also shows that the overall framework divides the derivation of shape information from images into three representational stages: (1) the representation of properties of the two-dimensional image; (2) the representation of properties of the visible surfaces in a viewer-centered coordinate system; and (3) an object-centered representation of the three-dimensional structure and of the organization of the viewed shape, together with some description of its surface properties.
