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Political choice matters : explaining the strength of class and religious cleavages in cross-national perspective /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Evans, Geoffrey, 1957-, Graaf, N. D. de. (Nan Dirk)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""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, 1960â€?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 Australia""; ""7. The Class-Party Relationship in Canada, 1965â€?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, 1971â€?2006""; ""10. Political Change and Cleavage Voting in France: Class, Religion, Political Appeals, and Voter Alignments, 1962â€?2007""; ""11. Social Divisions and Political Choices in Germany, 1980â€?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 Poland""; ""14. Social Class, Religiosity, and Vote Choice in Spain, 1979â€?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""