The Social Origins of Electoral Participation in Emerging Democracies

ISBN-13: 9781009114264 / Miękka / 2023 / 75 str.

James D. (University of Washington) Long

Opis

This Element argues that community-level population dynamics and the recent electoral environment increase the chance of individuals voting.

Spis treści

1. The stakes of electoral participation in emerging democracies; 2. A theory of social sanctionin; 3. Testing the theory in Africa's third-wave democracies: Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda; 4. Testing the theory in a fragile state: Afghanistan; 5. Electoral participation in comparative perspective; References.