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dc.contributor.authorCox, Gary W.
dc.contributor.authorFiva, Jon H.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Daniel M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-28T12:33:26Z
dc.date.available2019-02-28T12:33:26Z
dc.date.created2016-12-29T20:27:27Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Politics. 2016, 78 (4), 1249-1263.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0022-3816
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2588056
dc.description.abstractA substantial body of research examines whether increasing the proportionality of an electoral system increases turnout, mostly based on cross-national comparisons. In this study, we offer two main contributions to the previous literature. First, we show that moving from a single-member district system to proportional representation in multimember districts should, according to recent theories of elite mobilization, produce a contraction in the distribution of mobilizational effort across districts and, hence, a contraction in the distribution of turnout rates. Second, we exploit a within-country panel data set based on stable subnational geographic units before and after Norway’s historic 1919 electoral reform in order to test various implications stemming from the contraction hypothesis. We find significant support for the predictions of the elite mobilization models.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherUniversity of Chicago Press Journalsnb_NO
dc.subjectStrategic mobilizationnb_NO
dc.subjectElectoral Systemsnb_NO
dc.titleThe Contraction Effect: How Proportional Representation Affects Mobilization and Turnoutnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber1249-1263nb_NO
dc.source.volume78nb_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of Politicsnb_NO
dc.source.issue4nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1086/686804
dc.identifier.cristin1418226
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 179552nb_NO
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cristin.unitnameInstitutt for samfunnsøkonomi
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