Electoral Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies : : Realignment or Dealignment? / / Scott E. Flanagan, Russell J. Dalton.

In this study of the breakdown of traditional party loyalties and voting patterns, prominent comparativists and country specialists examine the changes now occurring in the political systems of advanced industrial democracies.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
©1985
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5045
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Physical Description:1 online resource (530 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • One: Introduction
  • 1. Electoral Change In Advanced Industrial Democracies
  • Two: Frameworks for Analysis
  • 2. The Changing Structure of Political Cleavages in Western Society
  • 3. Political Remobilization in Welfare States
  • Three: Patterns of Realignment
  • 4. The West German Party System between Two Ages
  • 5. The Dynamics of Issue Evolution: The United States
  • 6. Electoral Change in Japan: A Study of Secular Realignment
  • 7. Secular Trends and Partisan Realignment in Italy
  • Four: Patterns of Dealignment
  • 8. The Dealignment Era in America
  • 9. And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Party Dealignment in The Netherlands
  • 10. Dealignment and the Dynamics of Partisanship in Britain
  • 11. Critical Electoral Change in Scandinavia
  • 12. Continuity and Change in Spanish Politics
  • Five: Patterns of Stability
  • 13. Canada: The Politics of Stable Dealignment
  • 14. France: The Stalled Electorate
  • Six: Conclusion
  • 15. Political Forces and Partisan Change
  • References
  • Index