Duty and Choice : The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters / Peter John Loewen, Daniel Rubenson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loewen, Peter John, editor.

Rubenson, Daniel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voting.

Elections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Devoted to exploring elections as the central act in a democracy, Duty and Choice: The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters is animated by a set of three overarching questions: why do some citizens vote while others do not? how do voters decide to cast their ballots for one candidate and not another? and how does the context in which a citizen lives influence the choices they make? Organized into three sections focused on turnout, vote choice, and electoral systems, the volume seeks to provide novel insights into the most pressing questions for scholars of vote choice and voting behavior. In addition to featuring several prominent Canadian scholars, the collection includes chapters by leading scholars from the US and Europe.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Foreword / Dion, Stéphane

1. Duty and Choice: The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters / Loewen, Peter John / Rubenson, Daniel / Héroux-Legault, Maxime

Part I: Voter Turnout

2. Altruism, Participation, and Political Context / Kam, Cindy D. / Cranmer, Skyler J. / Fowler, James H.

3. Behavioural Anomalies Explain Variation in Voter Turnout / Dawes, Christopher / Loewen, Peter John / Arsenault, Gabriel

4. Civic Duty and Social Pressure as Causes of Voter Turnout / Green, Donald P.

5. The Preferences of Voters and Non-Voters in Canada (1988−2008) / Godbout, Jean-François / Turgeon, Mathieu

Part II: Vote Choice

6. The Economy and Federal Election Outcomes in Canada: Taking Provincial Economic Conditions into Account / Nadeau, Richard / Bélanger, Éric / Jérôme, Bruno

7. Who Responds to Election Campaigns? The Two-Moderator Model Revisited / Fournier, Patrick / Cutler, Fred / Soroka, Stuart

8. Bureaucrats, Policy Attitudes, and Political Behaviour: A Reappraisal / Garand, James C. / Xu, Ping

Part III: Electoral Systems

9. How Electoral Systems Shape What Voters Think about Democracy / Anderson, Christopher J.

10. Party Strategies, Institutions, and Electoral System Effects / Lachat, Romain

11. When Do Voters Act Strategically? Institutional and Individual Variation in the Incidence of Strategic Voting in Democracies / Aldrich, John / Stephenson, Laura B.

12. The Future of Election Studies and the Study of Elections / Loewen, Peter John / Rubenson, Daniel / Blais, André

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

1-4426-1979-1

OCLC:

1107879464