Umfang:
XV, 227 S.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] Ebrary 2011 Online-Ressource ebrary online Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781107015418
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1107015413
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9781139218221
Serie:
Political economy of institutions and decisions
Inhalt:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Inhalt:
Combines positive political theory, social network research and computational modeling, explaining why some people are more likely to vote than others
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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MOBILIZATION AND TURNOUT AT THE PRECINCT LEVEL
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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
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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
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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
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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
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MOBILIZATION AND TURNOUT AT THE PRECINCT LEVEL
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Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781139218221
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107015418
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rolfe, Meredith, 1971 - Voter turnout New York, N.Y. [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2012 ISBN 9781107015418
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ISBN 1107015413
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ISBN 9781107617988
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Voter Turnout : A Social Theory of Political Participation
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
USA
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Wahlbeteiligung
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Politische Beteiligung
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