Cajoling or coercing: would electoral engineering resolve the young citizen-state disconnect?
Cajoling or coercing: would electoral engineering resolve the young citizen-state disconnect?
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哄骗还是胁迫：选举工程能否解决年轻公民与国家之间的脱节？
DOI：
10.1080/13676261.2016.1154935
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发表时间：
2016
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1.9
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Henn M
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作者：
Henn M
在发达的自由民主国家，公民与国家之间的关系正经历着巨大的压力。在英国，这种脱节在年轻人中尤为明显。这篇文章考虑了不同的选举工程方法——旨在哄骗或强迫年轻人投票——是否可能阻止他们政治参与度的下降。2011年，一项针对1025名18岁英国人的全国性调查和涉及86名年轻人的焦点小组收集的数据显示，许多年轻人声称，如果实施这样的选举改革，他们将更有可能在未来的选举中投票。然而，这种增加的选举参与是否意味着他们会感到真正与民主进程联系在一起，这是值得怀疑的。特别是，通过引入强制投票来强迫年轻人投票，实际上可能会加剧日益加深的怨恨，而不是以积极的方式吸引他们。
The relationships between citizens and their states are undergoing significant stresses across advanced liberal democracies. In Britain, this disconnect is particularly evident amongst young citizens. This article considers whether different electoral engineering methods – designed either to cajole or compel youth to vote – might arrest the decline in their political engagement. Data collected in 2011 from a national survey of 1025 British 18-year-olds and from focus groups involving 86 young people reveal that many young people claim that they would be more likely to vote in future elections if such electoral reforms were implemented. However, it is questionable whether or not such increased electoral participation would mean that they would feel truly connected to the democratic process. In particular, forcing young people to vote through the introduction of compulsory voting may actually serve to reinforce deepening resentments, rather than engage them in a positive manner.