Jonathan Doucette: Educational institutions and voter turnout during the long nineteenth century

Abstract
Danish democracy became consolidated during the long nineteenth century. Subsequently, political engagement has been consistently high and anti-democratic parties have received very little electoral support. However, this unique democratic experience has not been subject to quantitative examination due to a lack of data. Our project makes this possible by coding new data on turnout and electoral results for all elections between 1849 and 1915 at a geographically fine-grained level.

In addition, we propose that Folk High Schools, which sought to teach civic skills to students, increased political engagement and democratic support. The project advances our understanding of Democratic consolidation in new democracies.

About the speaker
Jonathan Stavnskær Doucette, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

IMC Tuesday Seminar held March 7th, 2023. Short presentations of projects that received IMC Seed Funding in 2022.

Note: Talk is trimmed to ensure anonymity of informants.

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