The Act of Voting Identities, Institutions and Locale [Hardcover]

Electoral behaviour is one of the most dynamic areas of study in the field of comparative politics today. A strongly emerging theme in recent years has been the need to set the study of voting behaviour in its wider context, that is to understand how the behaviour of the individual (non)voter is conditioned by the environment in which the election is occurring. The main motivation for this book is to respond to this need.

The Act of Votingexamines voting  both the question of whether to vote (ie. electoral turnout) and who to vote for  in context from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. In addition to other topics and themes, chapters explore the national or social identities of individuals and how these contribute to complex social dynamics, discuss the institutions that determine who is able to vote and over what, and analyse the impact of the locale on the voting act.

Offering chapters by up-and-coming scholars in the field of electoral behaviour, as well as reflections on how the act of voting should be viewed in the broadest context  normatively, institutionally and socially, this book will be of interest to students and scholars researching political behaviour, public opinion and politics more generally.

The Act of Voting: Identities, Institutions and Locale Johan A. Elkink and David M. Farrell  2. European Identities in Comparative Perspective Anthony F. Heath and Thees Spreckelsen  3. Does Ulster Still Say No? Public Opinion and the Future of Northern Ireland John Coakley  4. Transnational Citizenship and Access to Electoral Rights: Defining the Demos in European States Iseult Honohan and Derek Hutcheson  5. Electoral Processes and Presidential Elections in Presidential Republics Jean Blondel  6. EU Treaty Referendums in Ireland and Denmark: A Compl#Æ