Who started/created/invented these ideology models?
Rational choice model – The Rational-Efficient Model First advocated by Anthony Downs, the rational-efficient model emphasizes the parties’ electoral activities at the expense of virtually all other functions. Winning elections is the principal raison d’etre for the party establishment. Voters also act rationally, using the information provided by the party candidates to make selections that will benefit them personally. As political parties wane in influence, Downs’s rational-choice model has become the choice de jour among political scientists. According to the Social Sciences Citation Index, since the 1980s mentions of Downs’s path-breaking book, An Economic Theory of Democracy, have steadily risen http://www.apsanet.org/content_5221.cfm Dominant ideology model By linking the ideals of American society to the war effort, the government promotes an affirmation of the dominant ideology present in American society. Th
