Regional and National Elections in Western Europe

Regional and National Elections in Western Europe
Author: R. Dandoy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137025441

Utilizing both historical and new research data, this book analyzes voting patterns for local and national elections in thirteen west European countries from 1945-2011. The result of rigorous and in-depth country studies, this book challenges the popular second-order model and presents an innovative framework to study regional voting patterns.

The New Voter in Western Europe

The New Voter in Western Europe
Author: B. Cautrès
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2011-07-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230119808

This book presents the main results of an electoral panel study which is both unique and innovative not only in French political research but also among Western European electoral studies. The survey was conducted among a sample of 1,846 French voters interviewed on four separate occasions (2007 Presidential and Legislative elections).

Political Conflict in Western Europe

Political Conflict in Western Europe
Author: Hanspeter Kriesi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2012-07-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1139561057

What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of political conflicts in Western Europe? How are political conflicts organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And how does the transformation of territorial boundaries affect the scope and content of political conflicts? This book sets out to answer these questions by analyzing the results of a study of national and European electoral campaigns, protest events and public debates in six West European countries. While the mobilization of the losers in the processes of globalization by new right populist parties is seen to be the driving force of the restructuring of West European politics, the book goes beyond party politics. It attempts to show how the cleavage coalitions that are shaping up under the impact of globalization extend to state actors, interest groups and social movement organizations, and how the new conflicts are framed by the various actors involved.

Class Voting in Western Europe

Class Voting in Western Europe
Author: Oddbjørn Knutsen
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2008
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780739129265

Class Voting in Western Europe outlines the theories of changes in class voting and provides an empirical analysis of class voting. Knutsen's thorough study will provide a new, straightforward understanding of social class and party choice to anyone interested in the complex r...

New Challenger Parties in Western Europe

New Challenger Parties in Western Europe
Author: Airo Hino
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2012-06-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136475079

This book provides a systematic and comparative account of the rise of ‘new challenger parties’ across Western Europe. It analyses how parties that challenge the conventional party system by addressing issues neglected by existing parties can succeed and fail. Systematically comparing 229 elections since 1950 across 15 European democracies, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Benelux and Scandinavian countries, this book questions why new challenger parties are more successful in some countries than others, and analyses the conditions that determine their emergence and subsequent success or failure. As one of the first systematic and comparative examinations of new challenger parties, this book looks at both new politics parties and extreme-right parties, and the structures to aid their emergence at the time of an election. Identifying two distinctive stages of party development, the author adopts a ‘double-hurdle’ model involving, first, the chances of emergence, and second, sustained success. This framework, in combination with a wide-range of empirical data, provides for an innovative and insightful analysis of a neglected topic. New Challenger Parties in Western Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of government, comparative politics and political parties.

Elections in Western Europe Since 1815

Elections in Western Europe Since 1815
Author: Daniele Caramani
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1090
Release: 2000
Genre: Elections
ISBN: 9780333771112

The CD-ROM contains the election results of national legislative elections for the lower houses of parliament of 18 Western European countries from the 19th century until the present time.

Social Structure, Value Orientations and Party Choice in Western Europe

Social Structure, Value Orientations and Party Choice in Western Europe
Author: Oddbjørn Knutsen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2017-07-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319521233

This book analyses the impact of socio-structural variables, such as social class, religion, urban/rural residence, age and gender, on influencing an individual’s voting preferences. There have been major changes in recent decades both to social structure and how social structure determines people’s voting behaviour. There has also been a shift in value orientations, for example from religious to secular values and from more authoritarian to libertarian values. The author addresses the questions: How do social structure and value orientations influence party choice in advanced industrial democracies?; To what extent is the impact of social structure on party choice transmitted via value orientations?; To what extent is the impact of value orientations on party choice causal effects when controlled for the prior structural variables? The book will be of use to advanced students and scholars in the fields of comparative politics, electoral politics and political sociology.

The Extreme Right in Europe

The Extreme Right in Europe
Author: Paul Hainsworth
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2008-03-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134154321

This book is a concise critical introduction to one of the most emergent themes in late twentieth-century history, politics and society and looks at how extremist and nationalist popular fronts have grown under the influence of modern-day issues.

Voter Turnout in Western Europe Since 1945

Voter Turnout in Western Europe Since 1945
Author: Rafael López Pintor
Publisher: International IDEA
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Voter turnout in Western Europe since 1945 [electronic resource] : a regional report.