Social Democratic Parties and the Working Class - New Voting Patterns (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This open access book carefully explores the relationship between social democracy and its working-class electorate in Western Europe. Relying on different indicators, it demonstrates an important transformation in the class basis of social democracy. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the working-class vote is strongly fragmented and social democratic parties face competition on multiple fronts for their core electorate - and not only from radical right parties. Starting from a reflection on 'working-class parties' and using a sophisticated class schema, the book paints a nuanced and diversified picture of the trajectory of social democracy that goes beyond a simple shift from working-class to middle-class parties. Following a detailed description, the book reviews possible explanations of workers' new voting patterns and emphasizes the crucial changes in parties' ideologies. It closes with a discussion on the role of the working class in social democracy's future electoral strategies.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century
Release date:	July 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Line Rennwald
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	111
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-046238-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Elections & referenda
LSN:	3-03-046238-2
Barcode:	9783030462383

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