▪ Abstract Why is turnout higher in some countries and/or in some elections than in others?
Why does it increase or decrease over time? To address these questions, I start with the …

For more than 40 years, studies trying to explain macro-level electoral turnout have been
one of the pillars of political behavioural research. From January 2004 to December 2013 …

Research about voter turnout has expanded rapidly in recent years. This article takes stock
of this development by extending the meta-analysis of Geys (2006) in two main ways. First …

Democratic transitions in the early 1990s introduced a sea change in Sub-Saharan African
politics. Between 1990 and 2015, several hundred competitive legislative and presidential …

This article evaluates a body of recent work that uses field and natural experiments to
answer the question of whether informed voters can enforce better governance. A common …

In recent decades, Bolivia, Colombia, Italy, and Venezuela have all faced the turmoil and
democratic crisis of party system collapse. In Bankrupt Representation and Party System …

Why has voter turnout declined in democracies all over the world? This article draws on
findings from microlevel studies and theorizes two explanations: generational change and a …

The impetus for writing this book can be traced to a council block in the inner-London
borough of Hackney. Hackney is one of the most deprived local authorities in the UK, and …

While a substantial literature explores gender differences in participation in the United
States, Commonwealth countries and Western Europe, little attention has been given to …

A wide majority of countries acknowledge non-resident citizens' right to vote in elections in
their country of origin. However, classical turnout theories do not take into account how …