Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: Rethinking Political Participation
- 2 Theories of Voter Participation: A Review and a New Approach
- 3 Testing the Costly Abstention Theory of Turnout
- 4 Theories of Protest Participation: A Review and a New Approach
- 5 Testing the Costly Abstention Theory of Protest Participation
- 6 The Emotional Origins of Collective Action
- 7 Conclusions: Criticisms, Extensions, and Democratic Theory
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Testing the Costly Abstention Theory of Protest Participation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2019
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: Rethinking Political Participation
- 2 Theories of Voter Participation: A Review and a New Approach
- 3 Testing the Costly Abstention Theory of Turnout
- 4 Theories of Protest Participation: A Review and a New Approach
- 5 Testing the Costly Abstention Theory of Protest Participation
- 6 The Emotional Origins of Collective Action
- 7 Conclusions: Criticisms, Extensions, and Democratic Theory
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Why Bother?Rethinking Participation in Elections and Protests, pp. 83 - 102Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019