Why Bother?: Rethinking Participation in Elections and Protests

ISBN-13: 9781108465946 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 172 str.

S. Erdem Aytac; Susan C. Stokes

Opis

Using surveys, experiments, and fieldwork from several countries, this book tests a new theory of participation in elections and protests.

Recenzje

'The theoretical framework developed in this book gives students of political participation new tools to think about how these macrolevel factors influence individual decisions to vote and join protests … This book will undoubtedly become a classic in the political participation literature.' Miguel Carreras, Perspectives on Politics

Spis treści

1. Introduction: rethinking political participation; 2. Theories of voter participation: a review and a new approach; 3. Testing the costly abstention theory of turnout; 4. Theories of protest participation: a review and a new approach; 5. Testing the costly abstention theory of protest participation; 6. The emotional origins of collective action; 7. Conclusions: criticisms, extensions, and democratic theory.