Citizens Under Compulsory Voting: A Three-Country Study

by André Blais, Thiago de Azevedo Barbosa, Ruth Dassonneville

A burgeoning literature studies compulsory voting and its effects on turnout, but we know very little about how compulsory voting works in practice. In this Element, the authors fill this gap by providing an in-depth discussion of compulsory voting rules and their enforcement in Australia, Belgium, and Brazil. By analysing comparable public opinion data from these three countries, they shed light on citizens' attitudes toward compulsory voting. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009069128
• ISBN13: 9781009069120
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"