Voter Turnout and the Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Established Democracies Since 1945 (Hardcover)

Figures; Tables; Preface; The authors; Introduction; 1. Confronting the puzzles of voter turnout; 2. A new approach to the calculus of voting; 3. The role of generational replacement in turnout change; 4. Rational responses to electoral competition; 5. Explaining turnout change in 22 countries; 6. Electoral competition and the individual citizen; 7. Understanding turnout decline; 8. The turnout puzzles revisited; Appendices: A. The surveys employed in this book; B. Aggregate data for established democracies, 1945?9; C. Supplementary findings; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index.