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

This book is a comprehensive study of long and short term factors influencing Austrians' vote choices. In doing so, it makes use of new data sets collected within the newly established Austrian National Election Study (AUTNES). Thus, the book adds to existing literature in several aspects: First, unlike previous snap-shot analyses, it provides a longitudinal perspective as our analyses cover the period of 1986-2008, a time span that witnesses major changes in the Austrian party system, such as the decreasing importance of the two main parties, the rise of the Green party, the ups and downs of the radical right parties in Austria, most prominently the FPÖ, and new coalitions. Second, for the last Austrian election in 2008, vote choice is analysed more comprehensively than it has been done in the past, following the theoretical concept of the funnel of causality.

Dr. Sylvia Kritzinger ist Professorin für Methoden der Sozialwissenschaften und leitet das Fakultätszentrum für Methoden der Sozialwissenschaften an der Universität Wien.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kritzinger, Sylvia

Zeglovits, Eva

Lewis-Beck, Michael S.

Nadeau, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Öffentliche Meinung und Umfragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Kritzinger, Sylvia
Dr. Sylvia Kritzinger ist Professorin für Methoden der Sozialwissenschaften und leitet das Fakultätszentrum für Methoden der Sozialwissenschaften an der Universität Wien.

Nadeau, Richard
Dr. Richard Nadeau ist Professor am Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Montréal.

Lewis-Beck, Michael S.
Dr. Michael S. Lewis-Beck ist F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor in Politikwissenschaften an der Universität Iowa.

Zeglovits, Eva
Dr. Eva Zeglovits ist Universitätsassistentin am Fakultätszentrum für Methoden der Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Wien.