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Social Structure, Value Orientations and Party Choice in Western Europe
Oddbjorn Knutsen
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Description for Social Structure, Value Orientations and Party Choice in Western Europe
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 190 pages, 49 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JP; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
303
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319521220
SKU
V9783319521220
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About Oddbjorn Knutsen
Oddbjorn Knutsen is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway. His research interests include comparative politics with a special focus on Western Europe, political sociology and electoral behaviour, value orientations and ideology, and methodology and statistics. He has published comparative articles in international journals on value change, value orientations and party choice, political cleavages and political ideology. ... Read more
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