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Format: 1 online resource (xv, 227 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9781139058513 (ebook)

Series Statement: Political economy of institutions and decisions

Content: This book develops and empirically tests a social theory of political participation. It overturns prior understandings of why some people (such as college-degree holders, churchgoers and citizens in national rather than local elections) vote more often than others. The book shows that the standard demographic variables are not proxies for variation in the individual costs and benefits of participation, but for systematic variation in the patterns of social ties between potential voters. Potential voters who move in larger social circles, particularly those including politicians and other mobilizing actors, have more access to the flurry of electoral activity prodding citizens to vote and increasing political discussion. Treating voting as a socially defined practice instead of as an individual choice over personal payoffs, a social theory of participation is derived from a mathematical model with behavioral foundations that is empirically calibrated and tested using multiple methods and data sources.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Voter turnout -- Conditional choice -- The social meaning of voting -- Conditional cooperation -- Conditional voters -- The social theory of turnout -- Education and high salience elections -- Mobilization and turnout in low salience elections -- Paradox lost.

Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9781107015418

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139058513

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Format: XV, 227 S.

Edition: Online-Ausg. [S.l.] Ebrary 2011 Online-Ressource ebrary online Available via World Wide Web

ISBN: 9781107015418 , 1107015413 , 9781139218221

Series Statement: Political economy of institutions and decisions

Content: Includes bibliographical references and index

Content: Combines positive political theory, social network research and computational modeling, explaining why some people are more likely to vote than others

Note: Description based upon print version of record , Cover; Voter Turnout; Series Editors; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1: Voting Together; THE SOCIAL THEORY OF VOTER TURNOUT; CONDITIONAL CHOICE AND CONDITIONAL DECISION MAKING; THE ORTHODOX VIEW: VOTERS MAKING DECISIONS; The Rational Actor Takes a Survey; CONTEXTUAL EXPLANATIONS OF VOTER TURNOUT; Institutions; Institutional Costs; Electoral Institutions; Mobilization and Strategic Politicians; Mobilization and Canvassing; Social Context and the Sociological Tradition; OVERVIEW OF REMAINING CHAPTERS; 2: Conditional Choice , THE EVIDENCE FOR CONDITIONAL DECISION MAKINGMATHEMATICAL MODELS OF CONDITIONAL DECISION MAKING; Conditional Decision Rules; The Three Basic Rules; Dynamics of Conditional Decision Models; ENGINEERING A MODEL AND MID-LEVEL THEORY; 3: The Social Meaning of Voting; SOCIAL MEANING: PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS; DATA AND METHODS; VOTING IS THE ACT OF AMERICAN CITIZEN; VOTER AS AMERICANS: IS THERE A CONSENSUS?; Partisanship; Nonvoters; AMERICAN CITIZENS: FORMAL EQUALITY, INFORMAL AMBIGUITY; All Americans Are Equal; The American Community; Authority in America; Market Pricing; CONCLUTION THOUGHTS , 4: Conditional CooperationEXPERIMENTAL DECISION SITUATIONS SIMILAR TO VOTING; Citizenship in Social Dilemmas; Equality, Communality, and Authority in Social Dilemmas; DISTRIBUTION OF DECISION RULES; Self-Reports of Conditional Decision Rules; Experimental Manipulations and Conditional Decision Rules; Costs and the Distribution of Decision Rules; 5: Conditional Voters: Dynamics and networks; CONDITIONAL COOPERATION: THE BASIC DYNAMIC; Model Robustness Checks; CONDITIONAL COOPERATION I LOCAL SOCIAL NETWORKS; Simulating Personal Networks; Simulating Personal Networks , Empirical Estimates of Personal Network Degree and DensitySimulating Turnout on Local Social Networks; CONCLUSION; 6: The Social Theory of Turnout; STRATEGIC POLITICIANS AND CONDITIONAL DECISION MAKERS: A THEORETICAL SYNTHESIS; CROSS-NATIONAL VARIATION: FIRST MOVERS AND COSTS; VARIATIONS ACROSS ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY AND POLITICAL DISCUSSION; Salience Equals Network Size; Low Salience Does Not Equal High Costs; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN TURNOUT; Individual Tendencies to Use Decision Rules; Direct Mobilization; Indirect Mobilization; 7: Education and High-Salience Elections , SOCIAL THEORY: IMPLICATIONS OF THE MODELA NEW LOOK AT EDUCATION; Social Network Size; Education; Mobilization; Other Measures; COMPARING SOCIAL COOPERATION AND CIVIC VOLUNTARISM; Education and Political Interest; Education and Turnout; Multivariate Estimates; DISCUSSION; 8: Mobilization in Low-Salience Elections; TURNOUT PATTERN IN LOW-SALIENCE ELECTIONS; DATA; Socioeconomic Status; Turnout Rate; Mobilization; CANDIDATES, CAMPAIGNING, AND SOCIAL TIES; Institutions and Social Ties: Measuring Campaign Activity; Institutions and Social Ties: Measuring Campaign Activity , MOBILIZATION AND TURNOUT AT THE PRECINCT LEVEL , Cover; Voter Turnout; Series Editors; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1: Voting Together; THE SOCIAL THEORY OF VOTER TURNOUT; CONDITIONAL CHOICE AND CONDITIONAL DECISION MAKING; THE ORTHODOX VIEW: VOTERS MAKING DECISIONS; The Rational Actor Takes a Survey; CONTEXTUAL EXPLANATIONS OF VOTER TURNOUT; Institutions; Institutional Costs; Electoral Institutions; Mobilization and Strategic Politicians; Mobilization and Canvassing; Social Context and the Sociological Tradition; OVERVIEW OF REMAINING CHAPTERS; 2: Conditional Choice , THE EVIDENCE FOR CONDITIONAL DECISION MAKINGMATHEMATICAL MODELS OF CONDITIONAL DECISION MAKING; Conditional Decision Rules; The Three Basic Rules; Dynamics of Conditional Decision Models; ENGINEERING A MODEL AND MID-LEVEL THEORY; 3: The Social Meaning of Voting; SOCIAL MEANING: PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS; DATA AND METHODS; VOTING IS THE ACT OF AMERICAN CITIZEN; VOTER AS AMERICANS: IS THERE A CONSENSUS?; Partisanship; Nonvoters; AMERICAN CITIZENS: FORMAL EQUALITY, INFORMAL AMBIGUITY; All Americans Are Equal; The American Community; Authority in America; Market Pricing; CONCLUTION THOUGHTS , 4: Conditional CooperationEXPERIMENTAL DECISION SITUATIONS SIMILAR TO VOTING; Citizenship in Social Dilemmas; Equality, Communality, and Authority in Social Dilemmas; DISTRIBUTION OF DECISION RULES; Self-Reports of Conditional Decision Rules; Experimental Manipulations and Conditional Decision Rules; Costs and the Distribution of Decision Rules; 5: Conditional Voters: Dynamics and networks; CONDITIONAL COOPERATION: THE BASIC DYNAMIC; Model Robustness Checks; CONDITIONAL COOPERATION I LOCAL SOCIAL NETWORKS; Simulating Personal Networks; Simulating Personal Networks , Empirical Estimates of Personal Network Degree and DensitySimulating Turnout on Local Social Networks; CONCLUSION; 6: The Social Theory of Turnout; STRATEGIC POLITICIANS AND CONDITIONAL DECISION MAKERS: A THEORETICAL SYNTHESIS; CROSS-NATIONAL VARIATION: FIRST MOVERS AND COSTS; VARIATIONS ACROSS ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY AND POLITICAL DISCUSSION; Salience Equals Network Size; Low Salience Does Not Equal High Costs; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN TURNOUT; Individual Tendencies to Use Decision Rules; Direct Mobilization; Indirect Mobilization; 7: Education and High-Salience Elections , SOCIAL THEORY: IMPLICATIONS OF THE MODELA NEW LOOK AT EDUCATION; Social Network Size; Education; Mobilization; Other Measures; COMPARING SOCIAL COOPERATION AND CIVIC VOLUNTARISM; Education and Political Interest; Education and Turnout; Multivariate Estimates; DISCUSSION; 8: Mobilization in Low-Salience Elections; TURNOUT PATTERN IN LOW-SALIENCE ELECTIONS; DATA; Socioeconomic Status; Turnout Rate; Mobilization; CANDIDATES, CAMPAIGNING, AND SOCIAL TIES; Institutions and Social Ties: Measuring Campaign Activity; Institutions and Social Ties: Measuring Campaign Activity , MOBILIZATION AND TURNOUT AT THE PRECINCT LEVEL , Available via World Wide Web

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781139218221

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781107015418

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rolfe, Meredith, 1971 - Voter turnout New York, N.Y. [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2012 ISBN 9781107015418

Additional Edition: ISBN 1107015413

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781107617988

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Voter Turnout : A Social Theory of Political Participation

Language: English

Keywords: USA ; Wahlbeteiligung ; Politische Beteiligung ; Electronic books

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Format: XV, 227 S. , graph. Darst., Kt.

ISBN: 1107015413 , 9781107015418

Series Statement: Political economy of institutions and decisions

Note: Literaturverz. S. 201 - 222 , Introduction: the social theory of voter turnout -- Conditional choice -- The social meaning of voting -- Conditional cooperation -- Conditional voters -- The social theory of turnout -- Education and high salience elections -- Mobilization and turnout in low salience elections -- Paradox lost.

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: USA ; Wahlbeteiligung ; Politische Beteiligung