The structure of political competition in Western Europe
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The structure of political competition in Western Europe
（The west European politics series / series editors, Klaus H. Goetz, Peter Mair, and Gordon Smith）
Routledge, 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Is European party politics hovering above society? Why do voters pick one party over others? Is it a question of class? Of religion? Of attitudes about taxes or immigration or global warming? Or is it something else entirely? The Structure of Political Competition in Western Europe takes a detailed look at the ways in which Western Europe's party systems are anchored in social and ideological structures. The book's first section focuses on the role of social structures - particularly education, class and religion - and analyzes the complex interplay among these factors. The second section addresses the ways that the sociological structures such as class and religion interact with voters' values. The third section examines the way that these structures and values shape the space of political competition among parties. The conclusion integrates the findings of the empirical articles, putting them into broader comparative perspective, discussing whether relatively predictable structures have been overwhelmed by media-driven spectacles, political personalities and focus on short-term economic performance.
This volume will appeal to scholars and graduate students in Europe and those from North America, Asia and other regions who study European politics, political parties, cleavages and political behaviour.
This book was published as a special issue of West European Politics.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: The Structure of Political Competition in Western Europe Zsolt Enyedi and Kevin Deegan-Krause 2. The New Cultural Divide and the Two-Dimensional Political Space in Western Europe Simon Bornschier 3. Elite-Level Conflict Salience and Dimensionality in Western Europe: Concepts and Empirical Findings Heather Stoll 4. Political Cleavages and Socio-economic Context: How Welfare Regimes and Historical Divisions Shape Political Cleavages Andrija Henjak 5. The Development of the Education Cleavage: Denmark as a Critical Case Rune Stubager 6. Exploring the Stabilization of a Political Force: The Social and Attitudinal Basis of Green Parties in the Age of Globalization Martin Dolezal 7. The Regional Cleavage in Western Europe: Can Social Composition, Value Orientations and Territorial Identities Explain the Impact of Region on Party Choice? Oddbjorn Knutsen 8. Structural and Ideological Voting in Age Cohorts Wouter van der Brug 9. Persistent Political Divides, Electoral Volatility and Citizen Involvement: The Freezing Hypothesis in the 2004 European Election Gabor Toka and Tania Gosselin 10. Models, Measures and Mechanisms: An Agenda for Progress in Cleavage Research Geoffrey Evans 11. Cleavage Research: A Critical Appraisal Mark N. Franklin 12. The Comparative Analysis of Electoral and Partisan Politics Herbert Kitschelt 13. Restructuration of Partisan Politics and the Emergence of a New Cleavage Based on Values Hanspeter Kriesi 14. Agency and the Structure of Party Competition: Alignment, Stability and the Role of Political Elites Kevin Deegan-Krause and Zsolt Enyedi
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