| Description |
1 electronic resource (xvi, 388 pages) |
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Cover -- titlepage -- copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Part I Introduction -- 1 A New Era of Electoral Instability -- Part II A Fragmenting Party System -- 2 All Gone? Change and Persistence in the Impact of Social Cleavages on Voting Behavior in Germany since 1949 -- 3 Leaving the Space-Opening the Gap?: Electoral Effects of Parties' and Voters' Repositioning? -- 4 Issue Salience and Vote Choice: A Cultural Turn? -- 5 Ties That No Longer Bind? Effects and Responsiveness of Party Attachments in a Period of Crises |
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Part III Challenged Voters -- 6 A New Player in the Game: Changing Electoral Competition in Germany -- 7 Partisan Agreement and Disagreement in Voters' Discussant Networks: Contextual Constraints and Partisan Selectivity in a Changing Electorate -- 8 (In-)Consistent Voting in the 2009, 2013, and 2017 German Federal Elections -- 9 Dynamics of Coalition Preferences and Vote Choices -- Part IV Situational Voting -- 10 Changing Crises, Changing Votes? Problem Priorities, Party Competence, and Electoral Behavior in Germany, 2009-2017 |
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11 The Push and Pull of Political Leaders: Changing Candidate Evaluations and Vote Switching between the 2013 and 2017 Federal Elections -- 12 Do Televised Debates Affect Voting Behavior? Evidence from the 2009, 2013, and 2017 German Federal Elections -- 13 Media Biases and Voter Attitudes during the 2009, 2013, and 2017 Federal Election Campaigns -- 14 Plus ça Change? Stability amid Volatility in German Campaigns -- Part V Conclusion -- 15 The Changing German Voter -- References -- GLES Datasets -- Online Appendices and Supplementary Materials -- Index |
| Summary |
Over the past half century, the behaviour of German voters has changed profoundly - at first rather gradually, but during the last decade at accelerated speed. Electoral decision-making has become much more volatile, rendering election outcomes less predictable. Party system fragmentation intensified sharply. The success of the AfD put an end to Germany's exceptionality as one of the few European countries without a strong right-wing populist party. Utilizing a wide range of data compiled by the German Longitudinal Election Study, the book examines changing voters' behaviour in the context of changing parties, campaigns, and media during the period of its hitherto most dramatically increased fluidity at the 2009, 2013, and 2017 federal elections |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Elections -- Germany
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Voting research -- Germany
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Voting -- Germany
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Elections.
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Politics and government.
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Voting.
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Germany.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, editor
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| LC no. |
2021758825 |
| ISBN |
9780191882197 |
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0191882194 |
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9780192586735 |
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0192586734 |
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9780192586728 |
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0192586726 |
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