A Heterogeneous Electorate

Dr. Romain Lachat

doi:10.5771/9783845204895

Summary

Der Band beinhaltet eine detaillierte Analyse der Veränderungen im Wahlverhalten seit den späten 1960er Jahren in Deutschland und der Schweiz. Dabei stellt sich heraus, dass das Phänomen des Wechselwählers zunimmt bzw. Entscheidungen zunehmend erst kurz vor der Wahl getroffen werden. Die Untersuchung analysiert die Gründe für dieses Verhalten und liefert so wichtige Hinweise zum generellen Verständnis gegenwärtigen Wahlverhaltens.

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Bibliographic data

Publication year: 2007
Publication date: 08.10.2007
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-3015-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-0489-5
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Studien zur Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung
Volume: 7
Language: English
Pages: 234
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 11
Figures No access Pages 12 - 12
Tables No access Pages 13 - 16
1. Plan of the book No access
1. 1. The social-structural model of voting choice No access Pages 25 - 29
  2. The Michigan model No access Pages 29 - 32
2. 1. The weakening of old cleavages and the rise of new issues No access Pages 32 - 38
  2. Cognitive mobilization No access Pages 38 - 41
  3. Partisan decline No access Pages 41 - 42
  4. The modernization of electoral campaigns No access Pages 42 - 44
3. The consequences of dealignment No access Pages 44 - 46
1. Memory as an associative network No access Pages 47 - 50
2. Political schemas No access Pages 50 - 51
3. 1. Sophistication and the structure of belief systems No access Pages 51 - 56
  2. Sophistication, knowledge, and political schemas No access Pages 56 - 57
  3. The measurement of political sophistication No access Pages 57 - 58
4. 1. Dual-process models of opinion formation No access Pages 58 - 61
  2. Sophistication, heuristics, and motivation No access Pages 61 - 64
  3. Campaign intensity No access Pages 64 - 65
5. Conclusion No access Pages 65 - 66
1. Social change and political cleavages No access Pages 67 - 69
2. 1. Defining and measuring social classes No access Pages 69 - 72
  2. The transformation of the class structure No access Pages 72 - 76
  3. The voting behavior of social classes No access Pages 76 - 82
3. The religious cleavage No access Pages 82 - 86
4. 1. Measuring the strength of cleavages No access Pages 86 - 90
  2. Evolution of cleavage strength in Germany No access Pages 90 - 94
  3. The transformation of cleavages in Switzerland No access Pages 94 - 96
5. Party identification No access Pages 96 - 101
6. Index of predisposition strength No access Pages 101 - 105
7. Conclusion No access Pages 105 - 106
1. Timing of the voting decision No access Pages 107 - 110
2. 1. The evolution of volatility in the German electorate No access Pages 110 - 116
  2. Electoral volatility in Switzerland No access Pages 116 - 117
3. Split-ticket voting No access Pages 117 - 120
4. 1. Hypotheses and operationalization No access Pages 120 - 123
  2. Cognitive mobilization and party identification No access Pages 123 - 124
  3. Volatility, time of decision, and split-ticket voting in Germany No access Pages 124 - 132
  4. Explaining the consequences of electoral change in Switzerland No access Pages 132 - 139
5. Conclusion No access Pages 139 - 141
1. Selection of variables and baseline model No access Pages 142 - 152
2. Analyzing attitude stability No access Pages 152 - 154
3. The impact of expertise and predisposition strength on attitude stability No access Pages 154 - 162
4. A multivariate analysis of attitude stability No access Pages 162 - 166
5. Conclusion No access Pages 166 - 167
1. Model specification No access Pages 168 - 171
2. The impact of attitude changes No access Pages 171 - 175
3. Activation and conversion effects No access Pages 175 - 182
4. Conclusion No access Pages 182 - 184
1. Model specification No access Pages 185 - 187
2. Germany No access Pages 187 - 195
3. Switzerland No access Pages 195 - 198
4. Conclusion No access Pages 198 - 200
1. How strong is electoral dealignment? No access Pages 201 - 204
2. What explains the instability of party preferences? No access Pages 204 - 208
3. The voting decision process No access Pages 208 - 210
4. Some implications for future research No access Pages 210 - 212
1. Description of data files No access Pages 213 - 215
2. Measuring political expertise No access Pages 215 - 218
3. Timing of the voting decision No access Pages 218 - 220
4. Party identification No access Pages 220 - 222
References No access Pages 223 - 234