The Impact of Cleavages on Swiss Voting Behaviour A Modern Research

This book studies the impact of cleavages on electoral choices. Based on a case study of Switzerland, it analyses how cleavages divide voters into voting blocs and how this influences Swiss voting behaviour and the Swiss party system. The first part exami

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Andreas C. Goldberg

The Impact of Cleavages on Swiss Voting Behaviour A Modern Research Approach

Contributions to Political Science

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The Impact of Cleavages on Swiss Voting Behaviour A Modern Research Approach

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Andreas C. Goldberg Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Additional material to this book can be downloaded from http://extras.springer.com. ISSN 2198-7289 ISSN 2198-7297 (electronic) Contributions to Political Science ISBN 978-3-319-45999-8 ISBN 978-3-319-46000-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-46000-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016955550 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Acknowledgements

This book is based on my doctoral thesis entitled “The impact of cleavages in a longitudinal and contextual perspective” which I defended at the Geneva School of Social Sciences at the University of Geneva in November 2015. During the preparation of this publication, I received valuable comments and support from various persons and institutions, which I would like to thank. First and foremost, I would like to thank my supervisor Pascal Sciarini for his continuous support since the start of my doctoral studies. He has always been very generous with his time and has given me precious advice to develop the original outline of the project into this final version. I would also like to thank the other members of my jury – Simon Hug, Mark Franklin and Hanspeter Kriesi – for the lively discussion during the defence and the very helpful comments they provided me with. A special thanks in this context goes to Simon Hug for his statistica