Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies

Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies
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Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9780472125012
ISBN-13 : 047212501X
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Book Synopsis Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies by : Noam Lupu

Download or read book Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies written by Noam Lupu and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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