The Nationalization of Politics - The Formation of National Electorates and Party Systems in Western Europe (Paperback, New)

In an in-depth comparative and long-term analysis, first published in 2004, Daniele Caramani studies the macro-historical process of the nationalization of politics. Using a great wealth of data on single constituencies in seventeen West European countries, he reconstructs the territorial structures of electoral support for political parties, as well as their evolution since the mid-nineteenth century from highly fragmented politics in the early stages toward nation-wide alignments. Caramani provides a multi-pronged empirical analysis through time, across countries, and between party families. The inclusion in the analysis of all the most important social and political cleavages - class, state-church, rural-urban, ethno-linguistic and religious - allows him to assess the nationalizing impact of the class cleavage that emerged from national and industrial revolutions, and the resistance of preindustrial cultural factors to national integration. Institutional and socio-economic factors are combined with actor-centered patterns and differences between national types of territorial configurations of the vote.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Release date:	March 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Daniele Caramani
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	368
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-53520-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Children's & Educational > Social studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Elections & referenda Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal, health & social education (PHSE) > Citizenship Books > Children's Fiction & Fun Promotions
LSN:	0-521-53520-4
Barcode:	9780521535205

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