?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=Social+Science+Working+Paper+1288&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F91%2F&rft.title=Policy-based+abstention+in+Brazil%E2%80%99s+2002+Election&rft.creator=Katz%2C+Gabriel&rft.subject=JL+Political+institutions+(America+except+United+States)&rft.description=This+paper+implements+a+unified+model+of+individual+abstention+and+vote+choice+to+analyze%0D%0Apolicy-based+alienation+and+indifference+in+Brazil%E2%80%99s+2002+presidential+election.+The%0D%0Aresults+indicate+that+both+alienation+and+indifference+depressed+turnout%2C+with+indifference%0D%0Acontributing+slightly+more+to+voter+abstention.+Also%2C+the+determinants+of+alienation+and%0D%0Aindifference+differed+considerably%2C+the+former+being+determined+by+structural+factors+such%0D%0Aas+voters%E2%80%99+information+and+perceived+efficacy+levels%2C+while+the+latter+was+related+to+shortterm%0D%0Aaspects+such+as+parties%E2%80%99+mobilization+efforts.+More+importantly%2C+evidence+shows%0D%0Athat+while+alienation+and+indifference+were+strongly+influenced+by+attitudinal+and+protest%0D%0Avariables%2C+they+were+also+affected+by+citizens%E2%80%99+evaluation+of+candidates%E2%80%99+ideological+locations.%0D%0AThe+main+conclusion+is+that+abstention+in+Brazil%E2%80%99s+2002+election+had+a+policy-driven%0D%0Acomponent+and+that+spatial+considerations+played+a+substantive+role+in+citizens%E2%80%99+electoral%0D%0Abehavior%2C+a+fact+that+has+been+overlooked+in+previous+research+on+the+determinants+of%0D%0Aabstention+in+Latin+America.&rft.publisher=California+Institute+of+Technology&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Katz%2C+Gabriel++Policy-based+abstention+in+Brazil%E2%80%99s+2002+Election.++Working+Paper+++California+Institute+of+Technology+++++++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hss.caltech.edu%2FSSPapers%2Fsswp1288.pdf&rft.relation=Social+Science+Working+Paper+1288