Duty and Choice
The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters
Published on 9. July 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-4426-2664-5 (ISBN)
Description
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? How does the context in which citizens live 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 behaviour. In addition to featuring several prominent Canadian scholars, the collection includes chapters by leading scholars from the United States and Europe.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-2664-5 (9781442626645)
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Peter John Loewen is a professor in the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.
Daniel Rubenson is an associate professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University.
Daniel Rubenson is an associate professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University.
Content
List of Tables
List of Figures
Foreword
1 Duty and Choice: The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters
Peter John Loewen, Daniel Rubenson, and Maxime Heroux-Legault
Part I: Voter Turnout
2 Altruism, Participation, and Political Context
Cindy D. Kam, Skyler J. Cranmer, and James H. Fowler
3 Behavioural Anomalies Explain Variation in Voter Turnout
Christopher Dawes, Peter John Loewen, and Gabriel Arsenault
4 Civic Duty and Social Pressure as Causes of Voter Turnout
Donald P. Green
5 The Preferences of Voters and Non-Voters in Canada (1988?2008)
Jean-Francois Godbout and Mathieu Turgeon
Part II: Vote Choice
6 The Economy and Federal Election Outcomes in Canada: Taking Provincial Economic Conditions into Account
Richard Nadeau, Eric Belanger, and Bruno Jerome
7 Who Responds to Election Campaigns? The Two-Moderator Model Revisited
Patrick Fournier, Fred Cutler, and Stuart Soroka
8 Bureaucrats, Policy Attitudes, and Political Behaviour: A Reappraisal
James C. Garand and Ping Xu
Part III: Electoral Systems
9 How Electoral Systems Shape What Voters Think about Democracy
Christopher J. Anderson
10 Party Strategies, Institutions, and Electoral System Effects
Romain Lachat
11 When Do Voters Act Strategically? Institutional and Individual Variation in the Incidence of Strategic Voting in Democracies
John Aldrich and Laura B. Stephenson
12 The Future of Election Studies and the Study of Elections
Peter John Loewen, Daniel Rubenson, and Andre Blais
Contributors
Index
List of Figures
Foreword
1 Duty and Choice: The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters
Peter John Loewen, Daniel Rubenson, and Maxime Heroux-Legault
Part I: Voter Turnout
2 Altruism, Participation, and Political Context
Cindy D. Kam, Skyler J. Cranmer, and James H. Fowler
3 Behavioural Anomalies Explain Variation in Voter Turnout
Christopher Dawes, Peter John Loewen, and Gabriel Arsenault
4 Civic Duty and Social Pressure as Causes of Voter Turnout
Donald P. Green
5 The Preferences of Voters and Non-Voters in Canada (1988?2008)
Jean-Francois Godbout and Mathieu Turgeon
Part II: Vote Choice
6 The Economy and Federal Election Outcomes in Canada: Taking Provincial Economic Conditions into Account
Richard Nadeau, Eric Belanger, and Bruno Jerome
7 Who Responds to Election Campaigns? The Two-Moderator Model Revisited
Patrick Fournier, Fred Cutler, and Stuart Soroka
8 Bureaucrats, Policy Attitudes, and Political Behaviour: A Reappraisal
James C. Garand and Ping Xu
Part III: Electoral Systems
9 How Electoral Systems Shape What Voters Think about Democracy
Christopher J. Anderson
10 Party Strategies, Institutions, and Electoral System Effects
Romain Lachat
11 When Do Voters Act Strategically? Institutional and Individual Variation in the Incidence of Strategic Voting in Democracies
John Aldrich and Laura B. Stephenson
12 The Future of Election Studies and the Study of Elections
Peter John Loewen, Daniel Rubenson, and Andre Blais
Contributors
Index