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Explores the reasons why young people are less likely to follow politics and vote in the United States and other established democracies, no matter who the candidates are, or what the issues may be. An important read for students of democracy, political participation, elections, and voter behaviour.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A Worldwide Turnout Problem -- 2. Turnout in the American States -- 3. Types of Individuals Who Vote -- 4. The New Generation Gap -- 5. Who Votes Does Make a Difference -- 6. How Voting Is Like Taking an SAT Test -- 7. Are Negative Ads to Blame? -- 8. How to Improve U.S. Turnout Rates: Lessons from Abroad -- Notes -- Index

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Die Studie unternimmt am Beispiel Tirols für ein bestimmtes Territorium die umfassende Analyse der legislativen Tätigkeit am Übergang vom Mittelalter zur Frühen Neuzeit Dazu wertet sie nicht nur mehr als 900 Gesetzestexte vom 13. bis zum 17. Jahrhundert aus, sondern trifft anhand des reichhaltigen Archivmaterials zudem detaillierte Aussagen über den Gesetzgebungsprozess von den Mechanismen zur Feststellung eines normativen Regelungsbedarfs bis hin zur Kundmachung. Die der legislativen Tätigkeit zugrunde liegenden Ordnungsprinzipien und Leitkategorien (z.B. Grenzen des landesfürstlichen Gesetzgebungsrechts, Bedeutung von Rechtstransfer und Subsidiaritätsprinzip etc.) werden ebenfalls herausgearbeitet.

As the confusion over the ballots in Florida in 2000 demonstrated, American elections are complex and anything but user-friendly. This phenomenon is by no means new, but with the weakening of political parties in recent decades and the rise of candidate-centered politics, the high level of complexity has become ever more difficult for many citizens to navigate. Thus the combination of complex elections and the steady decline of the party system has led to a decline in voter turnout. In this timely book, Martin Wattenberg confronts the question of what low participation rates mean for democracy. At the individual level, turnout decline has been highest among the types of people who most need to have electoral decisions simplified for them through a strong party system--those with the least education, political knowledge, and life experience. As Wattenberg shows, rather than lamenting how many Americans fail to exercise their democratic rights, we should be impressed with how many arrive at the polls in spite of a political system that asks more of a typical person than is reasonable. Meanwhile, we must find ways to make the American electoral process more user-friendly.