Something old, something new, something borrowed, something true? A comment on Lister’s ‘Institutions, Inequality and Social Norms: Explaining Variations in Participation’

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DOI
10.1111/j.1467-856x.2008.00336.x
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1467-856X
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1369-1481
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4
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BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Schlüsselwörter
  • turnout
  • time series cross-sectional data
  • inequality
  • voting
  • elections
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681 - 697
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2008
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Published
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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something True? A Comment on Lister's 'Institutions, Inequality and Social Norms: Explaining Variations in Participation'
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  • Article
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Abstract
<jats:p> Michael Lister makes a useful contribution to the discussion on aggregate variables that foster or depress turnout by drawing attention to societal factors, but his analysis is fraught with methodological problems. While his article builds on an interesting theoretical argument about the impact of institutions on attitudes, his claims about causal relationships are not backed by data. There is no rationale for the selection of countries, and most explanatory variables are actually constant within countries. The specification of the model is problematic in many ways. A careful re-analysis shows that the t-values reported in Lister's article are far too large, while the estimates are unstable and dependent on the selection of observations. Moreover, the effects are trivial in terms of their political implications. There is no robust evidence for a universal, politically relevant relationship between inequality and turnout. </jats:p>
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DOI
10.1111/j.1467-856x.2008.00336.x
eISSN
1467-856X
ISSN
1369-1481
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
4
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The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
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en
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2008
Paginierung
681 - 697
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2008
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Published
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SAGE Publications
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856x.2008.00336.x
Datum der Datenerfassung
2020
Titel
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something True? A Comment on Lister's ‘Institutions, Inequality and Social Norms: Explaining Variations in Participation’
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
10

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Abstract
Michael Lister makes a useful contribution to the discussion on aggregate variables that foster or depress turnout by drawing attention to societal factors, but his analysis is fraught with methodological problems. While his article builds on an interesting theoretical argument about the impact of institutions on attitudes, his claims about causal relationships are not backed by data. There is no rationale for the selection of countries, and most explanatory variables are actually constant within countries. The specification of the model is problematic in many ways. A careful re-analysis shows that the t-values reported in Lister’s article are far too large, while the estimates are unstable and dependent on the selection of observations. Moreover, the effects are trivial in terms of their political implications. There is no robust evidence for a universal, politically relevant relationship between inequality and turnout.
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DOI
10.1111/j.1467-856x.2008.00336.x
Zeitschrift
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
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keywords: voting, cp data: http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/10558 html: https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/paper/turnout-institutions-inequality-social-norms/
Paginierung
681 - 697
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2008
Herausgeber URL
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/turnout-institutions-inequality-social-norms.pdf
Datum der Datenerfassung
2022
Titel
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something true? A comment on Lister’s ‘Institutions, Inequality and Social Norms: Explaining Variations in Participation’
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  • article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
10

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