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The Act of Voting: Identities, Institutions and Locale - Softcover

 
9781138309913: The Act of Voting: Identities, Institutions and Locale
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138309915 ISBN 13: 9781138309913
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Electoral behaviour is one of the most dynamic areas of study in the field of comparative politics today. A strongly emerging theme in recent years has been the need to set the study of voting behaviour in its wider context, that is to understand how the behaviour of the individual (non)voter is conditioned by the environment in which the election is occurring. The main motivation for this book is to respond to this need.

The Act of Voting examines voting – both the question of whether to vote (ie. electoral turnout) and who to vote for – in context from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. In addition to other topics and themes, chapters explore the national or social identities of individuals and how these contribute to complex social dynamics, discuss the institutions that determine who is able to vote and over what, and analyse the impact of the locale on the voting act.

Offering chapters by up-and-coming scholars in the field of electoral behaviour, as well as reflections on how the act of voting should be viewed in the broadest context – normatively, institutionally and socially, this book will be of interest to students and scholars researching political behaviour, public opinion and politics more generally.

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About the Author

Johan A. Elkink is a lecturer at University College Dublin.He works on the international diffusion of democracy, institutionalisation and personalisation of the Russian regime, voting behaviour in referendums, and the estimation of spatial econometric models.

David M. Farrell is Professor of Politics at University College Dublin. He is a leading expert in the study of parties and elections.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138309915
ISBN 13 
9781138309913
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
306
Editor
Elkink Johan A.