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Full Participation: A Comparative Study of Compulsory Voting

By Sarah Birch

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9280811665, 9789280811667
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1137637 bytes)
Pages
192\197
Time added
2020-11-16 06:13:25

Description

Full Participation is the first book- length study of compulsory voting to be published in the English language. About a quarter of all democracies in the contemporary world legally oblige their citizens to vote, making this an important aspect of electoral systems in many settings. The study systematically examines the history of the institution, the normative arguments for and against it, and the influence it has on a range of political phenomena. These include electoral campaigns, political attitudes, electoral integrity, and legitimacy, policy outcomes, and turnout. It also considers the feasibility of introducing compulsory voting in a contemporary democracy, as well as variations on the institution designed to broaden its appeal.

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