Rolfe, Meredith, 1971-

Voter turnout : a social theory of political participation / Meredith Rolfe. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xv, 227 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Political economy of institutions and decisions. . - Political economy of institutions and decisions. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the social theory of voter turnout -- Conditional choice -- The social meaning of voting -- Conditional cooperation -- Conditional voters -- The social theory of turnout -- Education and high salience elections -- Mobilization and turnout in low salience elections -- Paradox lost.

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Political participation--Social aspects.
Voting--Social aspects--United States.
Political participation--Social aspects--United States.