Political scale and electoral turnout: Evidence from the less industrialized world
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Remmer, KL
Published in: Comparative Political Studies
March 1, 2010
This article attempts to bring the politics of scale back into the study of comparative politics. Explicitly focusing on the question of electoral turnout in the less industrialized world, it explores the impact of variations in community size relative to other influences on citizen participation. The findings, which draw on both aggregate and individual-level data at the subnational level of analysis, offer considerable evidence that electoral participation declines with community size, but for reasons largely neglected by most prior literature on electoral turnout. The central theoretical conclusion is that future comparative research needs to address the role of political scale more directly and systematically. © 2010 SAGE Publications.
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Comparative Political Studies
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1552-3829
ISSN
0010-4140
Publication Date
March 1, 2010
Volume
43
Issue
3
Start / End Page
275 / 303
Related Subject Headings
- Political Science & Public Administration
- 4408 Political science
- 1606 Political Science
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Remmer, K. L. (2010). Political scale and electoral turnout: Evidence from the less industrialized world. Comparative Political Studies, 43(3), 275–303. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414009352638
Remmer, K. L. “Political scale and electoral turnout: Evidence from the less industrialized world.” Comparative Political Studies 43, no. 3 (March 1, 2010): 275–303. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414009352638.
Remmer KL. Political scale and electoral turnout: Evidence from the less industrialized world. Comparative Political Studies. 2010 Mar 1;43(3):275–303.
Remmer, K. L. “Political scale and electoral turnout: Evidence from the less industrialized world.” Comparative Political Studies, vol. 43, no. 3, Mar. 2010, pp. 275–303. Scopus, doi:10.1177/0010414009352638.
Remmer KL. Political scale and electoral turnout: Evidence from the less industrialized world. Comparative Political Studies. 2010 Mar 1;43(3):275–303.
Published In
Comparative Political Studies
DOI
EISSN
1552-3829
ISSN
0010-4140
Publication Date
March 1, 2010
Volume
43
Issue
3
Start / End Page
275 / 303
Related Subject Headings
- Political Science & Public Administration
- 4408 Political science
- 1606 Political Science