Bibliograph

The Impact of Cleavages on Swiss Voting Behaviour, A Modern Research Approach, by Andreas C. Goldberg

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The Impact of Cleavages on Swiss Voting Behaviour, A Modern Research Approach, by Andreas C. Goldberg

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Impact of Cleavages on Swiss Voting Behaviour

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

964584926

Responsibility statement

by Andreas C. Goldberg

Series statement

Springer eBooksContributions to Political Science,, 2198-7289

Sub title

A Modern Research Approach

Summary

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 contextual factors. These factors are also combined to examine interaction effects between the individual and the context. Finally, the third part analyses whether the impact of cleavages has harmonised across different contexts (Swiss cantons) over time.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Theory of Cleavage Voting -- Longitudinal Impact of Cleavages -- Impact Across Parties -- Contextual Approach of Voting -- Combined Approach in a Longitudinal and Contextual Perspective -- General Conclusion -- Appendix -- Online Appendix

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