Beyond the Turnout Paradox The Political Economy of Electoral Participation /

• Main Author: Medina Sierra, Luis Fernando (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science,
• Subjects: Elections.; Game theory.; Political theory.; Electoral Politics.; Game Theory.; Political Theory.

This Brief uses game-theoretic analysis to debunk the turnout paradox and offers an alternative economic model to elucidate the patterns behind the socioeconomic bias in turnout. The author argues that the turnout paradox-the idea that rational, strategic actors would not vote in an election-is an o...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1:  Beyond the Voter's Paradox
•  Chapter 2: A General Model of Strategic Voting
•  Chapter 3: The Stability Analysis of Voting Games
•  Chapter 4: Electoral Participation Bias and the Welfare State
•  Chapter 5: Toward a Structural Theory of Turnout.