Voter turnout and the dynamics of electoral competition in established democracies since 1945 /

Voter turnout and the dynamics of electoral competition in established democracies since 1945 /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Franklin, Mark N.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 277 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Voting -- History -- 20th century. Political participation -- History -- 20th century. Democracy -- History -- 20th century. Democracy. Political participation. Voting. Electronic book. History. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814821

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9780511210402 051121040X 9780521833646 0521833647 9780521541473 0521541476 0511213980 9780511213984 0511215770 9780511215773 9780511616884 0511616880 1280540834 9781280540837 0511212178 9780511212178 9786610540839 6610540837 9780511314827 0511314825 051121040X 0521833647 0521541476
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	"Voting is a habit. People learn the habit of voting, or not, based on experience in their first few elections. Elections that do not stimulate high turnout among young adults leave a 'footprint' of low turnout in the age structure of the electorate as many individuals who were new at those elections fail to vote at subsequent elections. Elections that stimulate high turnout leave a high turnout footprint. So a country's turnout history provides a baseline for current turnout that is largely set, except for young adults. This baseline shifts as older generations leave the electorate and as changes in political and institutional circumstances affect the turnout of new generations. Among the changes that have affected turnout in recent years, the lowering of the voting age in most established democracies has been particularly important in creating a low turnout footprint that has grown with each election"--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Franklin, Mark N. Voter turnout and the dynamics of electoral competition in established democracies since 1945. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

Table of Contents:

Confronting the puzzles of voter turnout
A new approach to the calculus of voting
The role of generational replacement in turnout change
Rational responses to electoral competition
Explaining turnout change in 22 countries
Electoral competition and the individual citizen
Understanding turnout decline
The turnout puzzles revisited
The surveys employed in this book
Aggregate data for established democracies, 1945-49
Supplementary findings.