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Investigating Economic Inequality And Voter Turnout In The Industrialized Democracies
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis paper investigates economic inequality and voter turnout in a sample of 21 industrialized democracies using a pooled time series model of elections from 1970 to 1999. The findings demonstrate a connection between inequality and voter turnout wherein increases in inequality lead to reductions in voter turnout. The ramifications for democratic accountability and representative democracy are discussed.
Author and committee
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- Freeman, Benjamin
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Kinsey, Barbara
Subjects
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- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
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- CFE0000554
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd-1318