Campaigns and voters in developing democracies : Argentina in comparative perspective /

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Imprint:Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2019.
©2019
Description:xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Weiser center for emerging democracies
Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11797727
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Other authors / contributors:Lupu, Noam, editor.
Oliveros, Virginia, 1976- editor.
Schiumerini, Luis, 1982- editor.
ISBN:9780472131280
0472131281
9780472125012
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-282) and index.
Summary:"Voting behavior is informed by the experience of advanced democracies, yet the electoral context in developing democracies is significantly different. Civil society is often weak, poverty and inequality high, political parties ephemeral and attachments to them weak, corruption rampant, and clientelism widespread. Voting decisions in developing democracies follow similar logics to those in advanced democracies in that voters base their choices on group affiliation, issue positions, valence considerations, and campaign persuasion. Yet developing democracies differ in the weight citizens assign to these considerations. Where few social identity groups are politically salient and partisan attachments are sparse, voters may place more weight on issue voting. Where issues are largely absent from political discourse, valence considerations and campaign effects play a larger role. Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies develops a theoretical framework to specify why voter behavior differs across contexts"--
Other form:Online version: Campaigns and voters in developing democracies Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2019 9780472125012