Lyn Ragsdale, Jerrold G Rusk

The American Nonvoter

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Produktbeschreibung

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 from1920 to 2012.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780190670719
• ISBN-10: 0190670711
• Artikelnr.: 47866343

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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