Voter turnout : a social theory of political participation /

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This book develops and empirically tests a social theory of political participation. It overturns prior understandings of why some people (such as college-degree holders, churchgoers and citizens in national rather than local elections) vote more often than others. The book shows that the standard d...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rolfe, Meredith, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:Political economy of institutions and decisions.
Subjects:
Voter turnout > Social aspects.
Political participation > Social aspects.
Voter turnout > Social aspects > United States.
Political participation > Social aspects > United States.
Participation électorale > Aspect social.
Participation politique > Aspect social.
Participation électorale > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Participation politique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Political participation > Social aspects
Voting > Social aspects
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the social theory of voter turnout
  • Conditional choice
  • The social meaning of voting
  • Conditional cooperation
  • Conditional voters
  • The social theory of turnout
  • Education and high salience elections
  • Mobilization and turnout in low salience elections
  • Paradox lost.

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