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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book identifies the different forms that protest voting can take in times when populism flourishes. Contrary to the popular view of protest voting as merely venting frustration, this book argues that protest voting can also be conceived of as a strategic signal of discontent, originating from sources, such as party policy positions. The empirical analyses rest on election survey data collected in democratic countries around the world between 2005 and 2017 to understand protest voting as a strategic signal, and the conditions under which it occurs. The main results show that protest voting can indeed be a strategic signal. This finding challenges the predominant view in the literature and the public discourse of protest voters as aimless, frustrated voters.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Christian H. Schimpf is a full-time research associate at the University of Alberta, Canada. His research focuses on electoral behavior, public opinion, and populism in a comparative perspective and his work has appeared, among others, in the American Political Science Review, the Canadian Journal of Political Science, and Political Studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Micro Logic of Tactical Protest Voting
Book Subtitle: A Comparative Analysis
Authors: Christian Henning Schimpf
Series Title: Wahlen und politische Einstellungen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-33571-7
Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-33570-0Published: 05 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-33571-7Published: 04 May 2021
Series ISSN: 2945-9591
Series E-ISSN: 2945-9605
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 232
Number of Illustrations: 58 b/w illustrations
Topics: Electoral Politics, Comparative Politics, European Politics, Public Policy, Social Philosophy