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The European Voter - A Comparative Study of Modern Democracies (Hardcover, New)
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The European Voter - A Comparative Study of Modern Democracies (Hardcover, New)
Series: Comparative Politics
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This book provides a systematic comparative analysis of how and why
voting behaviour has changed in Europe in recent decades. It has
been widely argued that radical changes have occurred in the how
and why of voting behaviour in Europe as a result of changes in the
structure of society, most notably the rise in material affluence
and educational attainment, and the decline in religious observance
and the size of the working class. But most tests of this
proposition have been undertaken on single countries. This book,
however, systematically tests the validity of this proposition
across various European countries.
The argument that social change has altered voting behavior has
been increasingly challenged on the grounds that it takes too
little account of changes in the choices that are put before voters
by the parties, such as the promises and proposals that are put
forward at election time. This book, therefore, also assesses the
relative explanatory power of claims that voting behaviour has
changed because of changes in society against claims that it
responds to changes in the offerings of political parties. And it
is clear from the analyzes reported in this book that contrary to
the claims of much of the extant literature, the latter argument
appears better able to account for many of the patterns and changes
in European voting behaviour, and thus the book constitutes an
important challenge to much current academic orthodoxy.
This is the first book to provide a systematic comparison of the
long-term dynamics of the voting behaviour of individual voters
across such a wide range of European countries, taking into account
the dynamics of the choices put before voters by the parties and,
for the first time, relating this to the way voters behave.
Comparative Politics is a series for students and teachers of
political science that deals with contemporary issues in
comparative government and politics. The General Editors are Max
Kaase, Professor of Political Science, Vice President and Dean,
School of Humanities and Social Science, International University
Bremen; and Kenneth Newton, Professor of Comparative Politics,
University of Southampton. The series is published in association
with the European Consortium for Political Research.
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