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Voter turnout and the dynamics of electoral competition in established democracies since 1945 /

"Voting is a habit. People learn the habit of voting, or not, based on experience in their first few elections. Elections that do not stimulate high turnout among young adults leave a 'footprint' of low turnout in the age structure of the electorate as many individuals who were new at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Franklin, Mark N., Eijk, C. van der (Cees), 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Confronting the puzzles of voter turnout
  • A new approach to the calculus of voting
  • The role of generational replacement in turnout change
  • Rational responses to electoral competition
  • Explaining turnout change in twenty-two countries
  • The character of elections and the individual citizen
  • Understanding turnout decline
  • The turnout puzzles revisited
  • Appendices. The surveys employed in this book
  • Aggregate data for established democracies, 1945-49
  • Supplementary findings.