Cleavage Formation in the 21st Century
How Social Identities Shape Voting Behavior in Contexts of Electoral Realignment
Simon Bornschier author Silja Häusermann author Lukas Haffert author Marco Steenbergen author Delia Zollinger author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Publishing:31st Dec '24
£17.00
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This Element presents evidence for the formation of a universalism-particularism cleavage across European party systems.
This Element presents evidence for the formation of a universalism-particularism cleavage across European party systems that diverge strongly on institutional and political characteristics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Western Europe is experiencing growing levels of political polarization between parties of the New Left and the Far Right. The authors argue that this antagonism reflects the emergence of a social cleavage between universalism and particularism. To understand cleavage formation in the midst of party system fragmentation and the proliferation of new competitors, they emphasize the crucial role of group identities. Anchored in social structure, group identities help us understand why specific party appeals resonate with certain groups, thereby mediating the link between socio-structural change and broader party blocks defined by their distinctive ideologies along the new cleavage. Based on original survey data from France, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK, this Element presents evidence for the formation of a universalism–particularism cleavage across European party systems that diverge strongly on institutional and political characteristics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
ISBN: 9781009393515
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 157g
75 pages