Compulsory voting in Belgium: a reply to Hooghe and Pelleriaux

De Winter, Lieven;Ackaert, J.
(1998) Electoral Studies — Vol. 17, n° 4, p. 425-428 (1998)

Files

pdfdocument.pdf
  • Restricted Access
  • Adobe PDF
  • 22.36 KB
Request a copy

Details

Authors
  • De Winter, LievenUCLouvain
    Author
  • Ackaert, J.
    Author
Abstract
The analysis of Hooghe and Pelleriaux does not show better the validity of the Lijphart thesis on the impact of income and education on voting turnout, as they did not control for spurious relationships between explanatory variables. Also their operationalisation of the dependent variable is questionnable. Our multivariate analysis indicates that, in spite the control for interdependence of numerous explanatory variables, social status still emerges as a determinant of electoral turnout, which constitutes a much stronger validation of the Lijphart thesis. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliations

Citations

  • APA
  • Chicago
  • FWB

De Winter, L., & Ackaert, J. (1998). Compulsory voting in Belgium: a reply to Hooghe and Pelleriaux. Electoral Studies, 17(4), 425-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-3794(98)00022-5 (Original work published 1998)