TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This chapter is one of the first to analyze how local culture – especially voluntary associations and public arts activities – can mobilize citizens and increase voter turnout. This general hypothesis is contextualized by contrasting types of elections (French presidential vs. European Union) and types of art (contemporary, patrimonial, folkloric). We test these contextualized hypotheses by analyzing demographic, cultural, and political data from 263 French communes using linear regression methods. Civic associations and some arts activities seem to increase turnout in European but not presidential elections. Further, arts types vary in their association with voting for different parties. These findings suggest the importance of civic and arts activities for future analyses of voting turnout and party voting.
VL  - 11
SN  - 978-1-78190-737-5, 978-1-78190-736-8/1479-3520
DO  - 10.1108/S1479-352020140000011019
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-352020140000011019
AU  - DellaPosta Daniel J.
AU  - Clark Terry Nichols
AU  - Sawyer Stephen
AU  - Dini Arkaida
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - Civic and Arts Activities can Energize Politics, France and Europe
T2  - Can Tocqueville Karaoke? Global Contrasts of Citizen Participation, the Arts and Development
T3  - Research in Urban Policy
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 91
EP  - 113
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -