Urbanization and Voter Turnout in Korea: An Update

In this paper we develop an econometric model to test whether alienation and/or mobilized voting explain urban-rural turnout in Korea. We find that a person's decision to vote is influenced by the act of mobilization and that it affects rural residents more strongly. But we do not find that the...

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Published in:Political behavior 1991-03, Vol.13 (1), p.21-32
Main Authors: Mo, Jongryn, Brady, David, Ro, Jaehun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coefficients
Korea, South
Parliaments
Political campaigns
Political parties
Rural areas
Urban Affairs
Urbanization
Voter turnout
Voting
Voting age
Voting Behavior
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Summary:In this paper we develop an econometric model to test whether alienation and/or mobilized voting explain urban-rural turnout in Korea. We find that a person's decision to vote is influenced by the act of mobilization and that it affects rural residents more strongly. But we do not find that the feeling of alienation affects a person's decision to vote. Thus, we find support for the mobilized voting hypothesis, but not for the alienation nonvoting hypothesis.
ISSN:0190-9320
1573-6687
DOI:10.1007/BF00996997