The European voter
Subtitle: a comparative study of modern democracies
By: edited by Jacques Thomassen
Contributors: Thomassen, J. J. A
Series: Comparative politics; Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Voting -- European Union countries; Democracy -- European Union countries
Description: "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 been undertaken on single countries. This book, however, systematically tests the validity of this proposition across various European countries."

"This is the first book to provide a systematic comparison of the long-term dynamics of the voting behaviour of individual voters across such a wide range of European countries, taking into account the dynamics of the choices put before voters by the parties and, for the first time, relating this to the way voters behave."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-329) and index