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The Impact of Cleavages on Swiss Voting Behaviour. A Modern Research Approach.
Andreas C. Goldberg
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Hardback. Series: Contributions to Political Science. Num Pages: 244 pages, 75 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFH; JHB; JPHF; JPHV; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 549.
This book studies the impact of cleavages on electoral choices. Based on a case study of Switzerland, it analyses how cleavages divide voters into voting blocs and how this influences Swiss voting behaviour and the Swiss party system. The first part examines the development of salient cleavages such as religion, social class, rural-urban, and language between 1971 and 2011. Behavioural changes among voters and changes in the size of social groups are explored as explanatory factors for the decline of cleavage voting. The second part proposes a contextual perspective analysis of the current impact of cleavages using both individual and ... Read more
This book studies the impact of cleavages on electoral choices. Based on a case study of Switzerland, it analyses how cleavages divide voters into voting blocs and how this influences Swiss voting behaviour and the Swiss party system. The first part examines the development of salient cleavages such as religion, social class, rural-urban, and language between 1971 and 2011. Behavioural changes among voters and changes in the size of social groups are explored as explanatory factors for the decline of cleavage voting. The second part proposes a contextual perspective analysis of the current impact of cleavages using both individual and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Series
Contributions to Political Science
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319459998
SKU
V9783319459998
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About Andreas C. Goldberg
Andreas Goldberg is a post-doctoral researcher at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam. Prior to that, he has worked as researcher at the University of Geneva, where he has received his PhD in political science in 2015. During his PhD he has also worked for the Swiss Electoral Studies Project at FORS, the Swiss Centre of ... Read more
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