Political Change and Electoral Coalitions in Western Demo...
Hall, Peter A. / Evans, Georgina / Kim, Sung In
This study documents long-term changes in the political attitudes of occupational groups, shifts in the salience of economic and cultural issues, and the movement of political parties in the electoral space from 1990 to 2018 in eight western democracies. We evaluate prominent contentions about how electoral contestation has changed and why support for mainstream parties has declined while support for challenger parties increased. We contribute...