Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies

Argentina in Comparative Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvNoam Lupu,Virginia Oliveros,Luis Schiumerini

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Voting behavior is informed by the experience of advanced democracies, yet the electoral context in developing democracies is significantly different. Civil society is often weak, poverty and inequality high, political parties ephemeral and attachments to them weak, corruption rampant, and clientelism widespread. Voting decisions in developing democracies follow similar logics to those in advanced democracies in that voters base their choices on group affiliation, issue positions, valence considerations, and campaign persuasion. Yet developing democracies differ in the weight citizens assign to these considerations. Where few social identity groups are politically salient and partisan attachments are sparse, voters may place more weight on issue voting. Where issues are largely absent from political discourse, valence considerations and campaign effects play a larger role. Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies develops a theoretical framework to specify why voter behavior differs across contexts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-02-26
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEmerging Democracies
Antal sidor304
FörlagThe University of Michigan Press
ISBN9780472131280

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Noam Lupu is Associate Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University and Associate Director of the Latin American Public Opinion Project.Virginia Oliveros is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Associate Research Fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University.Luis Schiumerini is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.

“Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies is a must-read for anyone interested in voting behavior, elections, and political parties in developing democracies. Leading experts on Argentine and Latin American electoral politics tackle pressing questions, such as: Why do wealthy voters vote differently than their lower-income fellow citizens? What impact do economic downturns have on incumbents and on party systems? Do voters perceive elections to be fair? The volume is of uniformly high quality and accessible to scholars and students.”—Susan Stokes, University of Chicago