Religious voting in Western democracies /
This book offers a systematic exploration of the role of religion and religiosity in electoral politics across Western Europe and in the United States. The chapters approach the relationship between religion, religiosity, and electoral behaviour from a variety of different angles and on the basis of...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press, Incorporated,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Titlepage
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Does religious voting really exist in secularized democracies?
- PART I SETTING THE SCENE
- 2 Conflicts on moral issues: Christian Churches and societal secularization in Western Europe
- 3 Cleavages and divides in voting and political theory
- 4 Religious cleavages and religious voting
- 5 Religious change and church attendance in Western Europe
- 6 Religiosity and ideology in Western Europe and the United States
- 7 Comparative religious voting: Mechanisms of politicization in post-cleavage elections
- PART II CATHOLIC COUNTRIES
- 8 Austria: Developments and determinants of religious voting
- 9 Italy: From the religious cleavage to the politics of religious voting
- 10 Belgium: Changes in Church involvement, pillar organizations, and voting
- 11 Ireland: Religion and politics
- 12 France: The persisting relevance of religious voting
- 13 Spain: Religiosity, ideology, and voting
- 14 Portugal: Religiosity, party strategies, and voting
- PART III MIXED COUNTRIES
- 15 Germany: Church affiliation, church attendance, and support for Christian Democrats
- 16 The Netherlands: The role of cultural conservatism among voters and party elites
- 17 Switzerland: The decline of the religious cleavage
- PART IV PROTESTANT COUNTRIES
- 18 Britain: The resilience of religion as an electoral divide
- 19 Norway, Sweden, and Denmark: Christian Democratic parties and religious voting
- PART V THE UNITED STATES
- 20 The United States: Religion and political preferences
- 21 The United States and Europe: The importance of regimes of religion and State
- PART VI CONCLUSIONS
- 22 Conclusions: The many facets of religious voting
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index