The American Nonvoter (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
330
Utgivningsdatum
2017-06-29
Förlag
OUP USA
Medarbetare
Rusk, Jerrold G.
Dimensioner
241 x 175 x 23 mm
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617 g
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1
ISBN
9780190670702

The American Nonvoter

av Lyn Ragsdale
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The American Nonvoter examines how uncertainty regarding the national context influences people's decisions whether to vote or not. During times of national crisis, when uncertainty is high, voting increases; during times of stability people stay home. Using rigorous statistical tools and rich historical stories, Lyn Ragsdale and Jerrold G. Rusk show how uncertainty in the national campaign context reduces nonvoting in presidential and midterm elections from 1920 to 2012.
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    American Nonvoter

    Lyn Ragsdale, Jerrold G Rusk

    A diverse body of research exists to explain why eligible voters don't go to the polls on election day. Theories span from the psychological (nonvoters have limited emotional engagement with politics and therefore lack motivation), to the social (...

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Perspectives on Politics Ragsdale and Rusk are thoughtful and engaging writers. Their work is thorough and often persuasive, particularly in discussing specific types of nonvoters and reasons for not voting. ... overall, this work offers an exciting addition to our understandings, one that raises questions and leads to new directions in research.

CHOICE In a landmark study of political participation, Ragsdale and Rusk uncover several important explanations for nonvoting in US elections. An abundance of important findingsall derived from careful researchmake this an essential volume for all scholars of US politics.

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<strong>Lyn Ragsdale</strong> is Radoslav A. Tsanoff Professor of Public Affairs and Professor of Political Science at Rice University. <strong>Jerrold G. Rusk</strong> is Professor of Political Science at Rice University.

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Introduction Chapter 1 - A Theory of Uncertainty in Nonvoting Chapter 2 - Measuring Nonvoting Chapter 3 - Campaign Context, Uncertainty, and Nonvoting Chapter 4 - Who are Nonvoters? Chapter 5 - Searching the Past Chapter 6 - The Post-War Period: 1946-1972 Chapter 7 - A Period of Government Reassessment: 1974-1990 Chapter 8 - Information Technology Years: 1992-2012 Chapter 9 - The National Campaign Context in Retrospect Notes Bibliography Index

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