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Issue Voting and Party Competition
Anna-Sophie Kurella
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Description for Issue Voting and Party Competition
Hardback. Series: Contributions to Political Science. Num Pages: 147 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JP; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book examines how social cleavage lines shape issue voting and party competition. Based on a study of German elections between 1980 and 1994, it analyzes whether cleavage group members put more weight on policies that address their personal self-interest than voters who are not affected by the cleavage line. Furthermore, it analyzes the consequences of cleavage groups’ deviating patterns of voting behavior for the formal game of party competition. More concretely, the author asks whether equilibrium positions of parties within the policy space are pulled away from the mean due to the more extreme policy demands of cleavage groups ... Read more
This book examines how social cleavage lines shape issue voting and party competition. Based on a study of German elections between 1980 and 1994, it analyzes whether cleavage group members put more weight on policies that address their personal self-interest than voters who are not affected by the cleavage line. Furthermore, it analyzes the consequences of cleavage groups’ deviating patterns of voting behavior for the formal game of party competition. More concretely, the author asks whether equilibrium positions of parties within the policy space are pulled away from the mean due to the more extreme policy demands of cleavage groups ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
Series
Contributions to Political Science
Number of Pages
147
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319533773
SKU
V9783319533773
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About Anna-Sophie Kurella
Anna-Sophie Kurella is a researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research at the University of Mannheim, Germany. In 2016, she successfully completed the PhD program in political science at the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim. Her research is focused on party competition, voting behavior and electoral systems.
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