Lanning / Hoyle Democracy and Disenfranchisement

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0734-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 300 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Journal of Social Issues

Psychologists, political scientists, and experts in election lawpresent a multidisciplinary perspective on voting.
* Personality characteristics such as motivation, values, andefficacy are considered, as are demographic variables such aseducation, age, and social class
* Examines the reciprocal relationship that exists in thefunctions of voting for individual and society: the interplaybetween persons and institutions gives rise to the perception thata government is or is not legitimate, and to the sense that anindividual does, or does not, belong

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lanning, Kevin

Hoyle, Rick H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION
Democracy, Voting, and Disenfranchisement in the United States: A Social Psychological Perspective 431
Kevin Lanning
NORMATIVE PERSPECTIVES: THE FUNCTIONS OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
The Psychology of Enfranchisement: Engaging and Fostering Inclusion of Members through Voting and Decision-Making Procedures 447
Celia M. Gonzalez and Tom R. Tyler
A Game-Theoretic View of Voting 467
Joachim I. Brueger and Melissa Acevedo
Electoral Simultaneity: Expressing Equal Respect 487
Dennis F. Thompson
DIFFERENTIAL PERSPECTIVES: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VOTER
The Psychological and Institutional Determinants of Early Voting 503
Paul Gronke and Daniel Krantz Toffey
Why Do People Vote? A Psychological Analysis of the Causes of Voter Turnout 525
Joshua Harder and Jon A. Krosnick
Beliefs about Deliberation: Personal and Normative Dimensions 551
Eugene Borgida, Keilah A. Worth, Brad Lippmann, Damla Ergun, and James Farr
DYNAMIC PERSPECTIVES: THE ROOTS OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Political Participation and Cumulative Disadvantage: The Impact of Economic and Social Hardship on Young Citizens 571
Julianna Sandell Pacheco and Eric Pultzer
The "Antidemocratic Personality" Revisited: A Cross-NationalInvestigation of Working-Class Authoritarianism 595
Jaime L. Napier and John T. Jost
Race and Redistricting: What the Print Media Conveys to the Public about the Role of Race 619
Damla Ergun, Grace Deason, Eugene Borgida, and Guy-Uriel Charles
COMMENTARY
Will Democracy Win? 639
Gina V. Caprara
2007 SPSSI PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Introduction to Irene Hanson Frieze's SPSSI Presidential Address 661
Marybeth Shinn
Social Policy, Feminism, and Research on Violence in Close Relationships 665
Irene H. Frieze

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Lanning received his PhD from UC Berkeley and is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University. His research examines personality measurement, personality development and the structure of sociopolitical attitudes. A resident of Palm Beach County, Florida, he is a voting rights activist and the author of a number of editorial pieces on election reform. Lanning recently edited a special issue of the SPSSI electronic journal ASAP on the Social Psychology of the 2004 US Presidential Election.