Beyond turnout : how compulsory voting shapes citizens and political parties / Shane P. Singh.
Series: Comparative politics: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191871320 (ebook) :Subject(s): Voting, Compulsory
| Democracy | Voting -- Psychological aspects | Political participation | Voting, Compulsory -- Switzerland | Voting, Compulsory -- ArgentinaAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198832928DDC classification: 324.65 LOC classification: JF1031Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Compulsory voting is widely used in the democratic world, and it is well established that it increases electoral participation. This book assesses the effects of compulsory voting beyond turnout. Singh first summarises the normative arguments for and against compulsory voting, provides information on its contemporary use, reviews recent events pertaining to its (proposed) adoption and abolition, and provides an extensive account of extant research on its consequences. He then advances a theory that compulsory voting polarises behaviour and attitudes, and broadens gaps in political sophistication levels, among those with negative and positive orientations toward democracy.
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This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Compulsory voting is widely used in the democratic world, and it is well established that it increases electoral participation. This book assesses the effects of compulsory voting beyond turnout. Singh first summarises the normative arguments for and against compulsory voting, provides information on its contemporary use, reviews recent events pertaining to its (proposed) adoption and abolition, and provides an extensive account of extant research on its consequences. He then advances a theory that compulsory voting polarises behaviour and attitudes, and broadens gaps in political sophistication levels, among those with negative and positive orientations toward democracy.
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