E-Book, Englisch, 144 Seiten
Kritzinger / Zeglovits / Lewis-Beck The Austrian Voter
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-8470-0166-9
Verlag: V&R unipress
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E-Book, Englisch, 144 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8470-0166-9
Verlag: V&R unipress
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection
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1;Title Page;3
2;Copyright;4
3;Table of Contents;5
4;Body;9
5;Entfernen;9
6;1 Chapter 1: The Austrian Case: an Overview;11
6.1;1.1 Aim of the Book;11
6.2;1.2 A Bit of History – from World War II till Today;13
6.2.1;1.2.1 The Electoral System – Changes over Time;13
6.2.2;1.2.2 Voter Turnout over Time;14
6.3;1.3 Party Politics and Electoral Behaviour in Austria;15
6.3.1;1.3.1 The Austrian Party System over Time;15
6.3.2;1.3.2 Voters' Characteristics and Party Choice over Time;21
6.3.3;1.3.3 The 2008 Election: the Context;24
6.4;1.4 Theoretical Considerations;26
6.5;1.5 Data and Methodological Approach;27
7;2 Chapter 2: Region, Age, Gender;31
7.1;2.1 Introduction;31
7.2;2.2 Region, Residence and Degree of Urbanization;31
7.2.1;2.2.1 Size of Municipality and the Vote: 1986–2008;33
7.2.2;2.2.2 Electoral Constituencies and the Vote in 2008;35
7.3;2.3 Gender;39
7.3.1;2.3.1 Gender and the Vote 1986–2006;40
7.4;2.4 Age;42
7.4.1;2.4.1 Age and the Vote 1986–2006;43
7.5;2.5 Region-Age-Gender and Vote Choice in Austria: Multivariate Analysis;45
7.5.1;2.5.1 The period 1990–2006;45
7.6;2.6 Region, Age and Gender and the Vote 2008;48
7.6.1;2.6.1 Gender and the Vote 2008;48
7.6.2;2.6.2 Age and the Vote 2008;49
7.6.3;2.6.3 The 2008 election: Multivariate Analysis;49
7.7;2.7 Conclusions;50
8;3 Chapter 3: The Main Cleavages: Religion and Social Class;53
8.1;3.1 Introduction;53
8.2;3.2 Religion;54
8.2.1;3.2.1 Religion and the Vote: 1990 to 2006;55
8.3;3.3 Social Class;57
8.3.1;3.3.1 Occupation and the Vote: 1990–2006;59
8.3.2;3.3.2 Education and the Vote: 1990–2006;63
8.4;3.4 Multivariate Analyses: 1990–2006;65
8.5;3.5 The Main Cleavages and the 2008 Vote;71
8.5.1;3.5.1 Religion and Vote in 2008;71
8.5.2;3.5.2 Occupation and the Vote: the 2008 Election;72
8.5.3;3.5.3 Education and the Vote: the 2008 election;73
8.5.4;3.5.4 Social Structure and the Vote in 2008: Multivariate Analysis ;73
8.6;3.6 Conclusion;76
9;4 Chapter 4: Social-Psychological Factors;79
9.1;4.1 Introduction;79
9.2;4.2 Group Identification: The Political Party and Union Membership;80
9.2.1;4.2.1 Union Membership and the Vote: 1990 to 2006;81
9.2.2;4.2.2 Party Identification and the Vote in Austria: 1954–2006;83
9.3;4.3 Ideological Orientations: the Left-Right Dimension;84
9.3.1;4.3.1 The Left-Right Dimension and the Vote in Austria: neglected in earlier research?;85
9.4;4.4 Union Membership, Party Identification and Ideology in the 2008 Election;87
9.4.1;4.4.1 Union Membership and the Vote in the 2008 Election;87
9.4.2;4.4.2 Party Identification and the Vote in the 2008 Election;88
9.4.3;4.4.3 The Left-Right Dimension and the Vote in the 2008 election;89
9.4.4;4.4.4 Multivariate Analysis: the Austrian National Election 2008;92
9.5;4.5 Conclusions;95
10;5 Chapter 5: Short-Term Indicators: Issue Positions;97
10.1;5.1 Introduction;97
10.2;5.2 Issue Voting in Austria;97
10.3;5.3 Issue Voting and the 2008 Election: an Array of Possible Issues;100
10.4;5.4 Issue Voting and the 2008 Election: Issues Regarded as Important;102
10.5;5.5 Key Issues in the 2008 Election: A Summary;104
10.6;5.6 Multivariate Analysis: Issues and Vote Choice;105
10.7;5.7 Conclusions;108
11;6 Chapter 6: Conclusion;111
11.1;6.1 The Impact of Long Term Variables on Vote Choice;112
11.1.1;6.1.1 Austrian Electoral Behaviour Over Time – the Impact of Demographic Variables;112
11.1.2;6.1.2 Austrian Electoral Behaviour Over Time – the Impact of Social Structure;113
11.1.3;6.1.3 Austrian Electoral Behaviour – the Impact of Social-Psychological Variables;115
11.1.4;6.1.4 Long-Term Determinants of Vote Choice in Austria – a Summary;116
11.2;6.2 Austrian Electoral Behaviour – the Impact of Short-Term Indicators;116
11.3;6.3 Austria – a Peculiar Case? Austrian Electoral Behaviour in a European Perspective;118
11.4;6.4 Austrian Electoral Behaviour – a Glance at the Future;120
12;7 Appendix;123
12.1;7.1 Data 2008;123
12.2;7.2 Data 1986–2006;131
13;8 References;137