The effect of direct democracy on turnout: Voter mobilization or participatory momentum?

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1065912917698043" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1065912917698043</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1065912917698043" target="_blank" >10.1177/1065912917698043</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The effect of direct democracy on turnout: Voter mobilization or participatory momentum?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Does direct democracy lead to increased electoral turnout? Research in the United States has demonstrated this effect and proposed two reasons for it: (1) the process of being involved in direct political participation may educate citizens and lead to their increased long-term political engagement (this explanation draws on the theory of participatory democracy) and/or (2) underlying issues and competitive campaigning draw public interest and cause higher turnout, although this effect is election-specific and short term. Recent empirical findings overwhelmingly favor the latter hypothesis although both mechanisms seem to apply. However, research on this topic is made difficult by the fact that direct democracy and elections take place simultaneously in the United States, which makes it hard to disentangle the effects of each. We present a study from the Czech Republic where direct democracy is not tied to elections. We analyze the effects of local/municipality direct democracy and demonstrate that it leads to increased turnout in upcoming local and national elections. We demonstrate a strong effect sparked by competitive direct democracy campaigns as well as a relatively weak long-term institutional effect of direct democracy.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The effect of direct democracy on turnout: Voter mobilization or participatory momentum?

Popis výsledku anglicky

Does direct democracy lead to increased electoral turnout? Research in the United States has demonstrated this effect and proposed two reasons for it: (1) the process of being involved in direct political participation may educate citizens and lead to their increased long-term political engagement (this explanation draws on the theory of participatory democracy) and/or (2) underlying issues and competitive campaigning draw public interest and cause higher turnout, although this effect is election-specific and short term. Recent empirical findings overwhelmingly favor the latter hypothesis although both mechanisms seem to apply. However, research on this topic is made difficult by the fact that direct democracy and elections take place simultaneously in the United States, which makes it hard to disentangle the effects of each. We present a study from the Czech Republic where direct democracy is not tied to elections. We analyze the effects of local/municipality direct democracy and demonstrate that it leads to increased turnout in upcoming local and national elections. We demonstrate a strong effect sparked by competitive direct democracy campaigns as well as a relatively weak long-term institutional effect of direct democracy.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50602 - Public administration

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA16-20553S" target="_blank" >GA16-20553S: Narativizace krize a instituce ve stranické politice (politics) a veřejných politikách (public policy)</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Political Research Quarterly

ISSN

1065-9129

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

70

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

433-448

Kód UT WoS článku

000400252500016

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85018422804