Utilizing both historical and new research data, this book analyzes voting patterns for local and national elections in thirteen west European countries from 1945-2011. The result of rigorous and in-depth country studies, this book challenges the popular second-order model and presents an innovative framework to study regional voting patterns.
Author Biography:
Linda Berg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Yosef Bhatti, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Daniel Bochsler, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Laura Cabeza Perez, Spanish National Research Council
Fabien Escalona
Braulio Gómez Fortes, Institute of Governance
Tore Hansen, University of Oslo, Norway
Charlie Jeffery, University of Edinburgh, UK
Marcelo Jenny, University of Vienna, Austria
Simon Labouret, Institute of Political Studies in Grenoble
Emanuele Massetti, University of Sussex, UK
Nicola McEwen, University of Edinburgh, UK
Alia Middleton, University of Edinburgh, UK
Henrik E. Oscarsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Lawrence E. Rose, University of Oslo, Norway
Giulia Sandri, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Stavros Skrinis, Panteion University Athens, Greece
Mathieu Vieira, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Fabio Wasserfallen, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Sune Welling Hansen, Danish Institute of Governmental Research