The European voter [electronic resource] : a comparative study of modern democracies /
Thomassen, J. J. A.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2005.
This book provides a systematic comparative analysis of how and why voting behaviour has changed in Europe in recent decades. It has been widely argued that radical changes have occurred in the how and why of voting behaviour in Europe as a result of changes in the structure of society, most notably the rise in material affluence and educational attainment, and the decline in religious observance and the size of the working class. But most tests of this proposition have beenundertaken on single countries. This book, however, systematically tests the validity of this proposition across various
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Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Political Parties and Party Systems; 3. Electoral Turnout; 4. Social Structure and Party Choice; 5. Party Identification and Party Choice; 6. Value Orientations and Party Choice; 7. Left-Right Orientations and Party Choice; 8. Issue Voting; 9. Retrospective Voting; 10. Party Leaders and Party Choice; 11. Modernization or Politics?; Appendix 1: Parties, Elections and Parliaments; Appendix 2: The European Voter Data Base; References; Index
This book provides a systematic comparative analysis of how and why voting behaviour has changed in Europe in recent decades. It has been widely argued that radical changes have occurred in the how and why of voting behaviour in Europe as a result of changes in the structure of society, most notably the rise in material affluence and educational attainment, and the decline in religious observance and the size of the working class. But most tests of this proposition have beenundertaken on single countries. This book, however, systematically tests the validity of this proposition across various
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.