The Latin American Voter
Title | The Latin American Voter PDF eBook |
Author | Ryan E Carlin |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 2015-07-21 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 047205287X |
Public opinion and political behavior experts explore voter choice in Latin America with this follow-up to the 1960 landmark The American Voter
Latin American Elections
Title | Latin American Elections PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Nadeau |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2017-01-19 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0472122525 |
The Michigan model, named after the institution where it was first articulated, has been used to explain voting behavior in North American and Western European democracies. In Latin American Elections, experts on Latin America join with experts on electoral studies to evaluate the model’s applicability in this region. Analyzing data from the AmericasBarometer, a scientific public opinion survey carried out in 18 Latin American nations from 2008 to 2012, the authors find that, like democratic voters elsewhere, Latin Americans respond to long-term forces, such as social class, political party ties, and political ideology while also paying attention to short-term issues, such as the economy, crime, corruption. Of course, Latin Americans differ from other Americans, and among themselves. Voters who have experienced left-wing populism may favor government curbs on freedom of expression, for example, while voters enduring high levels of economic deprivation or instability tend to vote against the party in power. The authors thus conclude that, to a surprising extent, the Michigan model offers a powerful explanatory model for voting behavior in Latin America.
Persuasive Peers
Title | Persuasive Peers PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Baker |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 2020-10-27 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0691205779 |
"A typical presidential election campaign in Latin America sees between one-third and one-half of all voters changing their vote intentions across party lines in the months before election day-numbers unheard of and rarely seen in older democracies. This book proposes a new theory of Latin American voting behavior, examining how votes are truly up for grabs in democracies where political parties and mass partisanship are not deeply entrenched. The book argues that political discussion among peers causes volatility, and ulimately explains final vote choices. Describing and examining social networks of political discussion, the authors propose that everyday social communication is the hidden architecture that structures political outcomes in Latin America's less institutionalized democracies. Voters, embedded in networks of family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances, are heavily persuaded by the debating and arguing, and agreeing and affirming, that happens in their social networks. Social Communication and Elections in Latin America reveals the hidden undercurrent of political discussion among voters in Latin America, advancing a new theory of voting behavior that accounts for the extended influence of election campaigns, the geographic clustering of political preferences, and the strategic maneuvers of political machines"--
The Rise of the Latino Vote
Title | The Rise of the Latino Vote PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Francis-Fallon |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 505 |
Release | 2019-09-24 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 067473744X |
Francis-Fallon returns to the origins of the U.S. “Spanish-speaking vote” to understand the history and potential of this political bloc. He finds that individual voters affiliate more with their particular ethnic communities than with the pan-ethnic Latino identity created for them, complicating the notion of a broader Latino constituency.
Elections in Latin America
Title | Elections in Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Pallister |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2024 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1538189046 |
"This book provides an overview of elections throughout Latin America, including formal electoral institutions, informal practices, and the behavior of voters and candidates. Drawing on a wide range of scholarly and primary sources, the book provides readers with a highly accessible look at how elections in Latin America work"--
Party Systems and Elections in Latin America
Title | Party Systems and Elections in Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald H. McDonald |
Publisher | |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior
Title | The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior PDF eBook |
Author | Jan E. Leighley |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (UK) |
Pages | 796 |
Release | 2012-02-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199604517 |
The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are the essential guide to the study of American political life in the 21st Century. With engaging contributions from the major figures in the field The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior provides the key point of reference for anyone working in American Politics today