Research on the decline of voter engagement and participation
October 13, 2013 7:07 PM Subscribe
Calling political science people: I want to read solid, evidence-based work that tries to explain why voters are voting less and less in Western democracies over the last few decades. Which writers and what works do you recommend?
I'm particularly interested in research itself rather than popular works about the research. English language preferred, though I can read German and find helpers for other languages. Work that looks across different countries for common factors is particularly interesting to me.
I'm particularly interested in research itself rather than popular works about the research. English language preferred, though I can read German and find helpers for other languages. Work that looks across different countries for common factors is particularly interesting to me.
Best answer: I asked a couple of friends who teach / have taught PoliSci in NZ and the USA. One of them says:
"Two good books to start with are Andre Blais (2000) To Vote or Not to Vote, and Russel Dalton (2002) Parties Without Partisans. Another good introductory read on this is Arend Lijphart's Presidential Address to the American Political Science Association in 1997, called Unequal Participation: Democracy's Unresolved Dilemma. The cites in these pieces, and the later work that cites them, make for good added reading."
posted by John Shaft at 3:37 PM on October 16, 2013
"Two good books to start with are Andre Blais (2000) To Vote or Not to Vote, and Russel Dalton (2002) Parties Without Partisans. Another good introductory read on this is Arend Lijphart's Presidential Address to the American Political Science Association in 1997, called Unequal Participation: Democracy's Unresolved Dilemma. The cites in these pieces, and the later work that cites them, make for good added reading."
posted by John Shaft at 3:37 PM on October 16, 2013
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posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 5:42 AM on October 14, 2013