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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809728903321

Autore

Evans Jocelyn

Titolo

Voters & voting : an introduction / / Jocelyn A.J. Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c2004

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 2004

ISBN

1-4462-1679-9

9786610369188

1-280-36918-3

1-4129-3196-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 219 p.) : ill

Disciplina

324.9

Soggetti

Voting research

Voting research - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - The Historical Development of Voting Studies; Chapter 3 - Social Structural Theories of Voting; Chapter 4 - Rational Choice Theories of Voting; Chapter 5 - Issues and Space: Proximity and Directional Theories of Voting; Chapter 6 - Voting and the Economy; Chapter 7 - Non-Voting and Abstention; Chapter 8 - Thinking about Voting Change; Chapter 9 - Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An accessible textbook that provides an overview of the historical origins and development of voting theory, this guide explores theories of voting and electoral behaviour at a level suitable for college students.