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Sozialstruktur, gesellschaftliche Wertorientierungen und Wahlabsicht: Ergebnisse eines Zeitvergleichs des deutschen Elektorats 1953 und 1976 [1977]
Social Structure, Social Value Orientations and Voter Intentions: Results from a Temporal Comparison of the German Electorate, 1953 and 1976
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Abstract
Social cleavages are defined as coalitions of large societal groups which are themselves organized in interest groups and other organizations with certain po-litical parties. Overcoming the macro analysis of Lipset and Rokkan, value orientations are analyzed as micro mechanisms connecting social str... view more
Social cleavages are defined as coalitions of large societal groups which are themselves organized in interest groups and other organizations with certain po-litical parties. Overcoming the macro analysis of Lipset and Rokkan, value orientations are analyzed as micro mechanisms connecting social structural positions and voting behavior. By replicating survey questions in 1976 which were first asked in a 1953 survey, changes of in the relation between certain social structural positons and voting over time are documented. A major result is that the political re-orientation of the new middle class towards the Social Democrats was less driven driven less by left economic attitudes than by increasing liberal attitudes towards marriage and family which are were propagated by the SPD.... view less
Keywords
voting behavior; value-orientation; conflict structure; Federal Republic of Germany; party system; political attitude; political conflict; middle class; voter; religiousness; class membership; social structure; social change
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
social cleavages
Document language
German
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 81-121
Journal
Historical Social Research, Supplement (2015) 27
Issue topic
Politisierte Sozialstruktur und Wählerverhalten bei Bundestagswahlen
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.suppl.27.2015.81-121
ISSN
0936-6784
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed