Compulsory Voting and Dissatisfaction with Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6228331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Swaran P Singh (0000-0003-3263-5281, corresponding author), Shane P Singh |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 843-854 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1234 • E-ISSN: 1469-2112 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007123416000041 |
| OpenAlex | W179875951 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 39 |
| References cited | 51 |
Compulsory voting is often linked to pro-democracy orientations in the public. However, there is reason to question the strength and universality of this link. Engaging research on the effects of coercion and punishment, this article argues that forced participation inflates the tendency of those with negative orientations towards democracy to see the democratic system as illegitimate, and to be dissatisfied with democracy. The study finds support for these expectations in analyses of three separate cross-national surveys and a natural experiment. Compulsory voting heightens dissatisfaction with democracy within key segments of the population
Coercion (linguistics · Democracy · Disapproval voting · Political science · Politics · Population · Punishment (psychology · Sociology · Universality (dynamical systems · Voting · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 39 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,9 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |