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Voter Turnout: A Social Theory of Political Participation

Meredith Rolfe 2012 ;ISBN: 9781107015418 ;ISBN: 9781107617988 ;ISBN: 1107015413 ;ISBN: 1107617987 ;EISBN: 9781139058513 ;EISBN: 1139058517 ;EISBN: 9781139218221 ;EISBN: 1139218220 ;EISBN: 9781107230217 ;EISBN: 1107230217 ;EISBN: 9781139210058 ;EISBN: 113921005X ;DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139058513 ;OCLC: 783176498

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  • Title:
    Voter Turnout: A Social Theory of Political Participation
  • Author: Rolfe, Meredith
  • Subjects: Political participation ; Social aspects ; Voting
  • Description: 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 demographic variables are not proxies for variation in the individual costs and benefits of participation, but for systematic variation in the patterns of social ties between potential voters. Potential voters who move in larger social circles, particularly those including politicians and other mobilizing actors, have more access to the flurry of electoral activity prodding citizens to vote and increasing political discussion. Treating voting as a socially defined practice instead of as an individual choice over personal payoffs, a social theory of participation is derived from a mathematical model with behavioral foundations that is empirically calibrated and tested using multiple methods and data sources.
  • Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press
  • Creation Date: 2012
  • Format: 250
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9781107015418
    ISBN: 9781107617988
    ISBN: 1107015413
    ISBN: 1107617987
    EISBN: 9781139058513
    EISBN: 1139058517
    EISBN: 9781139218221
    EISBN: 1139218220
    EISBN: 9781107230217
    EISBN: 1107230217
    EISBN: 9781139210058
    EISBN: 113921005X
    DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139058513
    OCLC: 783176498
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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