Abstract: . . .  their key explanatory variables? . What are the main determinants of voting behavior (turnout) according to recently published research? . Can you visualize the direct and indirect effects of these variables in a voting behavior explanatory model figure? * Add and/or correct, if necessary, your answers to the following preparatory questions: . What are the main reasons for non-voting? . The Dutch government budgeted four million Euros for a campaign to get voters to the polls in 2002. Image, you are the minister for Internal Affairs. How would you have spent the money, i.e. which activities would you have promoted to get voters to the polls? Why these? * Visit the Blackboard Discussion Board and react to the statements. 30 Page 31 Lecture 08: Political party preference Date: 25.11.2005 Time: 11.00-13.00 Key question: How can we explain party preference? Objectives: Knowledge of and insight in: . Theories to expl . . .
. . .  . What are the origins of your decision to study political science? Who or what has most influenced this decision? . Should political education be an important subject matter in secondary schools? Why? 29 Page 30 Lecture 07: Voting or abstention Date: 23.11.2005 Time: 11.00-13.00 Key question: How can we explain voting or abstention? What are the main determinants? Objectives: Knowledge of and insight in: . Theories to explain voting behavior and their main explanatory variables . Empirical studies into voting behavior (turnout) Preparation: * Reading assignment: . Kent Jennings, M. (2004), American Political Participation Viewed Through the Lens of the Political Socialization Project. In: Hermann, Margaret G. (ed.), Advances in Political Psychology , Volume 1, Oxford, UK: Elsevier, 1-18. . Schlozman, Kay Lehman (2002), Citizen Participation in America: What Do We Know? Why Do We Care? In: Katznelson, Ira & Helen V. Milner (eds.), Political Science; State of the Discipline , New York, N.Y.: Norton, pages 433-461. * Write answers to the questions in Assist 3 about Kent Jennings (2004) and Schlozman (2002). * Write answers to the following questions: . What are the main reasons for non-voting? . The Dutch government budgeted four million Euros for a campaign to get voters to the polls in 2002. Image, you are the minister for Internal Affairs. How would you have spent the money, i.e. which activities would you have promoted to get voters to the polls? Why these? Lecture about: . . . .
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