Descentralization and voter turnout
Blais, André (Université de Montréal. Département de Science Politique)
Anduiza, Eva (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Política i de Dret Públic)
Gallego Dobón, Aina (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Date:	2011
Abstract:	With this paper we study the impact of decentralization on turnout. We test the hypotheses that decentralization increases turnout in subnational elections, lowers participation in national elections, and reduces the gap between regional and national arenas. A comparative cross-national analysis does not show any significant effect of decentralization on turnout in national elections. But we take a closer look at two countries, Canada and Spain, where fiscal decentralization has taken place during the past decades. In both countries the empirical evidence suggests that decentralization has contributed to reducing the turnout gap between regional and national elections.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Published in:	Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, Vol. 29 Núm. 2 (January 2011) , ISSN 2399-6552

DOI: 10.1068/c1015r

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