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Book SynopsisDevoted to exploring elections as the central act in a democracy, Duty and Choice: The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters is animated by a set of three overarching questions: Why do some citizens vote while others do not? How do voters decide to cast their ballots for one candidate and not another? How does the context in which citizens live influence the choices they make? Organized into three sections focused on turnout, vote choice, and electoral systems, the volume seeks to provide novel insights into the most pressing questions for scholars of vote choice and voting behaviour. In addition to featuring several prominent Canadian scholars, the collection includes chapters by leading scholars from the United States and Europe.
Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures Foreword 1 Duty and Choice: The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters Peter John Loewen, Daniel Rubenson, and Maxime Héroux-Legault Part I: Voter Turnout 2 Altruism, Participation, and Political Context Cindy D. Kam, Skyler J. Cranmer, and James H. Fowler 3 Behavioural Anomalies Explain Variation in Voter Turnout Christopher Dawes, Peter John Loewen, and Gabriel Arsenault 4 Civic Duty and Social Pressure as Causes of Voter Turnout Donald P. Green 5 The Preferences of Voters and Non-Voters in Canada (1988−2008) Jean-François Godbout and Mathieu Turgeon Part II: Vote Choice 6 The Economy and Federal Election Outcomes in Canada: Taking Provincial Economic Conditions into Account Richard Nadeau, Éric Bélanger, and Bruno Jérôme 7 Who Responds to Election Campaigns? The Two-Moderator Model Revisited Patrick Fournier, Fred Cutler, and Stuart Soroka 8 Bureaucrats, Policy Attitudes, and Political Behaviour: A Reappraisal James C. Garand and Ping Xu Part III: Electoral Systems 9 How Electoral Systems Shape What Voters Think about Democracy Christopher J. Anderson 10 Party Strategies, Institutions, and Electoral System Effects Romain Lachat 11 When Do Voters Act Strategically? Institutional and Individual Variation in the Incidence of Strategic Voting in Democracies John Aldrich and Laura B. Stephenson 12 The Future of Election Studies and the Study of Elections Peter John Loewen, Daniel Rubenson, and André Blais Contributors Index
