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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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, 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 Australia""; ""7. 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 Poland""; ""14. 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""