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Political choice matters : explaining the strength of class and religious cleavages in cross-national perspective / edited by Geoffrey Evans, Nan Dirk de Graaf.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation.
- Political sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (471 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Studies of the influence of class and religion on politics often point to their gradual decline as a result of social change. Backed up by extensive evidence and a 15-country pooled analysis, the editors argue instead that the supply of choices by parties influences the extent of class divisions.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Part I. Models, Measurement, and Comparative Analysis; 1. Explaining Cleavage Strength: The Role of Party Positions; 2. Measuring Party Positions; 3. Class Voting and Left-Right Party Positions: A Comparative Study of Fifteen Western Democracies, 1960-2005; Part II. The Case Studies; Anglo-Saxon Democracies; 4. Ideological Convergence and the Decline of Class Voting in Britain; 5. The United States: Still the Politics of Diversity
- 6. Accounting for the Declining Impact of Class on the Vote in Australia7. The Class-Party Relationship in Canada, 1965-2004; Mainland Europe; 8. Enduring Divisions and New Dimensions: Class Voting in Denmark; 9. The Political Evolution of Class and Religion: An Interpretation for the Netherlands, 1971-2006; 10. Political Change and Cleavage Voting in France: Class, Religion, Political Appeals, and Voter Alignments, 1962-2007; 11. Social Divisions and Political Choices in Germany, 1980-2006; 12. Class and Religious Voting in Italy: The Rise of Policy Responsiveness; Recent Democracies
- 13. Do Social Divisions Explain Political Choices? The Case of Poland14. Social Class, Religiosity, and Vote Choice in Spain, 1979-2008; Part III. Concluding Observations; 15. The Importance of Political Choice and Other Lessons Learned; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-436) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-46675-3
- 0-19-164062-X
- OCLC:
- 922971761
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