The end of class politics? : class voting in comparative context / editor, Geoffrey Evans.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Evans, Geoffrey, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--Political aspects--History--20th century.

Social classes.

Voting--History--20th century.

Voting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The End Of Class Politics?' challenges the prevailing view that class is no longer important in politics. Drawing upon evidence from around the world, the book argues that we need to radically reconsider the political role of class in the modern world.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""List of Contributors""; ""1. Class Voting: From Premature Obituary to Reasoned Appraisal""; ""PART I: THE BROAD COMPARATIVE PICTURE""; ""2. Traditional Class Voting in Twenty Postwar Societies""; ""PART II: CASE STUDIES OF WESTERN DEMOCRACIES""; ""3. Modelling the Pattern of Class Voting in British Elections, 1964

1992""; ""4. Classes, Unions, and the Realignment of US Presidential Voting, 1952-1992""; ""5. The Secret Life of Class Voting: Britain, France, and the United States since the 1930's""

""6. Class Cleavages in Party Preferences in Germany Old and New"" ""7. Changes in Class Voting in Norway, 1957-1989""; ""8. The Class Politics of Swedish Welfare Policies""; ""PART III: THE NEW CLASS POLITICS OF POST-COMMUNISM""; ""9. The Politics of Interests and Class Realignment in the Czech Republic, 1992-1996""; ""10. The Emergence of Class Politics and Class Voting in Post-communist Russia""; ""PART IV: REAPPRAISAL, COMMENTARY, AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""11. Resolving Disputes about Class Voting in Britain and the United States: Definitions, Models, and Data""

""12. Critical Commentary: Four Perspectives on The End of Class Politics?"" ""13. Class and Vote: Disrupting the Orthodoxy""; ""References""; ""Index"";

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-159919-0

1-281-97053-0

9786611970536

0-19-152121-3

OCLC:

191826394