Description
| Product ID: | 9781032303901 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy |
| Title: | Radical Left Voters in Western Europe |
| Authors: | Author: Luis Ramiro, Raul Gomez |
| Page Count: | 246 |
| Subjects: | Social and political philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Political science and theory, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Elections and referenda / suffrage, Political parties and party platforms, Political science & theory, Marxism & Communism, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Elections & referenda, Political parties, Western Continental Europe |
| Description: | Radical Left Voters in Western Europe explores who votes for Radical Left Parties in contemporary Western Europe, and why. Radical Left Voters in Western Europe explores who votes for Radical Left Parties in contemporary Western Europe, and why. Once considered a relic of the past which was doomed to disappear in affluent societies, Radical Left Parties were able to survive unprecedented electoral crises in the 1980s and 1990s to become a stable and significant feature of contemporary West European politics. Despite this, our knowledge of the electorate of contemporary Radical Left parties is extremely limited. To fill this gap, this book analyzes the radical left electorate in 17 West European countries (Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland) for a period of 18 years (2000–18). The research combines data from multiple sources (surveys, country-level data, and party-level data) to show how, amidst social and political change, Radical Left Parties have been able to maintain a relatively sizeable and clearly identifiable electorate with fairly similar socio-demographic and attitudinal features. Moreover, the book argues that in order to explain electoral support for Radical Left Parties it is important to consider not only voter characteristics but also the characteristics of the parties themselves and of the political and economic context in which they compete for votes. This book will be of interest to scholars of comparative politics, political sociology, electoral behaviour, and political parties. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-10-07 |
