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Wählerbewegungen zur NSDAP 1924-1933: methodische Probleme - empirisch abgesicherte Erkenntnisse - offene Fragen [1980]
Voter movements to the NSDAP 1924-1933: methodical problems - empirircally founded insights - unresolved questions
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Abstract "Although extensive research on National Socialist voting behavior has been conducted on a national as well as an international scale, a critical view of the results show that today's knowledge of NSDAP voters has not yet reached a sufficient empirical foundation. A far-reaching consensus on the soc... view more
"Although extensive research on National Socialist voting behavior has been conducted on a national as well as an international scale, a critical view of the results show that today's knowledge of NSDAP voters has not yet reached a sufficient empirical foundation. A far-reaching consensus on the social and economic situation, party political background and personal motivations of NSDAP voters still relies on a fragmentary, incomplete basis. Particularly the German research landscape needs to catch up with the progress of the international academic community working on NSDAP voting behavior. Two errors are characteristic and frequent in historical election research: the error of 'arbitrary' selection and the error of naive disaggregation. Both lead to a mix of social-statistic correlations with individual correlations resulting in intuitive interpretations that are often unfounded. A closer look on statistical data and the application of methods used in modern election research would help to avoid common false conclusion." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
voting behavior; political movement; suffrage; electoral system; Weimar Republic (Germany, 1918-33); Nazism; political attitude; social statistics; political history; voter; motivation; research status; research deficit
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Method
descriptive study; empirical; quantitative empirical; historical
Document language
German
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 49-89
Journal
Historical Social Research, Supplement (2013) 25
ISSN
0936-6784
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed