
Voters and Voting in Context
Multiple Contexts and the Heterogeneous German Electorate
Oxford University Press
Published on 2. November 2017
Book
Hardback
314 pages
978-0-19-879213-0 (ISBN)
Description
Voters and Voting in Context investigates the role of context in affecting political opinion formation and voting behaviour. Building on a model of contextual effects on individual-level voter behaviour, the chapters of this volume explore contextual effects in Germany in the early twenty-first century.
The volume draws upon manifold combinations of individual and contextual information gathered in the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) framework and employ advanced methods. In substantive terms, it investigates the impact of campaign communication on political learning, effects of media coverage on the perceived importance of political problems, and the role of electoral competition on candidate strategies and perceptions. It also examines the role of social and economic contexts as well as parties' policy stances in affecting electoral turnout. The volume explores the impact of social cues on candidate voting, effects of electoral arenas on vote functions, the role of media coverage on ideological voting, and effects of campaign communication on the timing of electoral decision-making.
Voters and Voting in Context demonstrates the key role of the processes of communication and politicization in bringing about contextual effects. Context thus plays a nuanced role in voting behaviour. The contingency of contextual effects suggests that they will become an important topic in research on political behaviour and democratic politics.
The volume draws upon manifold combinations of individual and contextual information gathered in the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) framework and employ advanced methods. In substantive terms, it investigates the impact of campaign communication on political learning, effects of media coverage on the perceived importance of political problems, and the role of electoral competition on candidate strategies and perceptions. It also examines the role of social and economic contexts as well as parties' policy stances in affecting electoral turnout. The volume explores the impact of social cues on candidate voting, effects of electoral arenas on vote functions, the role of media coverage on ideological voting, and effects of campaign communication on the timing of electoral decision-making.
Voters and Voting in Context demonstrates the key role of the processes of communication and politicization in bringing about contextual effects. Context thus plays a nuanced role in voting behaviour. The contingency of contextual effects suggests that they will become an important topic in research on political behaviour and democratic politics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
637 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-879213-0 (9780198792130)
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Christof Wolf | Harald Schoen | Sigrid Roßteutscher
Voters and Voting in Context
Multiple Contexts and the Heterogeneous German Electorate
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Christof Wolf | Harald Schoen | Sigrid Roßteutscher
Voters and Voting in Context
Multiple Contexts and the Heterogeneous German Electorate
E-Book
10/2017
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€56.49
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Persons
Harald Schoen is Professor of Political Science, University of Mannheim. He is one of the principal investigators of the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) funded by the German Science Foundation. He has widely published on political behaviour, political psychology, public opinion, and political online communication.
Sigrid Rossteutscher is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. Her research interests focus on politics and religion, social capital, political participation, electoral turnout, and social inequality. Her publications include Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis (co-edited with Thomas Poguntke, Ruediger Schmitt-Beck, and Sonja Zmerli, Routledge, 2015).
Ruediger Schmitt-Beck is Professor of Political Science, University of Mannheim. His research focuses on electoral behaviour and political communication. His publications include Voters on the Move or on the Run? (co-edited with Bernhard Wessels, Hans Rattinger, and Sigrid Rossteutscher, Oxford University Press, 2014)
Bernhard Wessels is a Senior Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Centre and Professor of Political Science, Humboldt-University Berlin. He is one of the principal investigators of the German Longitudinal Election Study funded by the German Science Foundation, and was member of the Planning Committee of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) from 1998 to 2014. He has widely published on electoral behaviour, interest intermediation, and political representation nationally and internationally. His publications include Voters on the Move or on the Run? (co-edited with RuedigerSchmitt-Beck, Hans Rattinger, and Sigrid Rossteutscher, Oxford University Press, 2014)
Christof Wolf is President of GESIS Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences and Professor for Sociology, University of Mannheim. His research interests currently focus on social stratification, research methods, and research infrastructures. His publications include The Handbook of Survey Methodology (co-edited with Dominique Joye, Tom W. Smith, and Yang-Chi Fu, Sage, 2016).
Sigrid Rossteutscher is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. Her research interests focus on politics and religion, social capital, political participation, electoral turnout, and social inequality. Her publications include Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis (co-edited with Thomas Poguntke, Ruediger Schmitt-Beck, and Sonja Zmerli, Routledge, 2015).
Ruediger Schmitt-Beck is Professor of Political Science, University of Mannheim. His research focuses on electoral behaviour and political communication. His publications include Voters on the Move or on the Run? (co-edited with Bernhard Wessels, Hans Rattinger, and Sigrid Rossteutscher, Oxford University Press, 2014)
Bernhard Wessels is a Senior Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Centre and Professor of Political Science, Humboldt-University Berlin. He is one of the principal investigators of the German Longitudinal Election Study funded by the German Science Foundation, and was member of the Planning Committee of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) from 1998 to 2014. He has widely published on electoral behaviour, interest intermediation, and political representation nationally and internationally. His publications include Voters on the Move or on the Run? (co-edited with RuedigerSchmitt-Beck, Hans Rattinger, and Sigrid Rossteutscher, Oxford University Press, 2014)
Christof Wolf is President of GESIS Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences and Professor for Sociology, University of Mannheim. His research interests currently focus on social stratification, research methods, and research infrastructures. His publications include The Handbook of Survey Methodology (co-edited with Dominique Joye, Tom W. Smith, and Yang-Chi Fu, Sage, 2016).
Author
President of GESIS Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences , and Professor of Sociology, University of MannheimPresident of GESIS Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences , and Professor of Sociology, University of Mannheim
Editor
Professor of Political ScienceProfessor of Political Science, University of Mannheim
Professor of Sociology, Department of Social SciencesProfessor of Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main.
Professor of Political ScienceProfessor of Political Science, University of Mannheim
Senior Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Centre, and Professor of Political Science, Humboldt-University BerlinSenior Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Centre, and Professor of Political Science, Humboldt-University Berlin
Content
1: Harald Schoen, Sigrid Rossteutscher, Ruediger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Wessels, and Christof Wolf: Voters and Voting in Context: An Introduction
2: Julia Partheymueller: Agenda-setting Dynamics During the Campaign Period
3: Agatha Rudnik and Harald Schoen: ust Like Leaves in the Wind? Exploring the Interplay of Media Coverage and Personal Characteristics in Affecting Issue Salience
4: Aiko Wagner and Elena Werner: TV Debates in Medial Contexts: How and When Do TV Debates Have an Effect on Learning Processes?
5: Bernhard Wessels: Electoral Competition, Candidates' Campaign Styles, and the Personalization of the Vote
6: Anne Schaefer and Ruediger Schmitt-Beck: A Vicious Circle of Demobilization? Context Effects on Turnout at the 2009 and 2013 German Federal Elections
7: Andre Foerster and Malte Kaukal: Economic Performance and Turnout in Regional Perspective: A Multilevel Analysis of German Districts
8: Alexander Wuttke: When the World Around you is Changing: Investigating the Influence of Alienation and Indifference on Voter Turnout
9: Heiko Giebler: Not Second-Order, but Still Second-Rate? Patterns of Electoral Behavior in German State Elections
10: Sigrid Rossteutscher, Ina Bieber, Lars-Christopher Stoevsand, and Manuela Blumenberg: Candidate Perception and Individual Vote Choice: The Role of Social Cues
11: Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen: Ideological Voting in Context: The Case of Germany During the Merkel Era
12: Maria Preissinger: Always Late? Stability and Change in Individuals' Time of Vote Decisions
13: Harald Schoen, Sigrid Rossteutscher, Ruediger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Wessels, and Christof Wolf: Conclusion
2: Julia Partheymueller: Agenda-setting Dynamics During the Campaign Period
3: Agatha Rudnik and Harald Schoen: ust Like Leaves in the Wind? Exploring the Interplay of Media Coverage and Personal Characteristics in Affecting Issue Salience
4: Aiko Wagner and Elena Werner: TV Debates in Medial Contexts: How and When Do TV Debates Have an Effect on Learning Processes?
5: Bernhard Wessels: Electoral Competition, Candidates' Campaign Styles, and the Personalization of the Vote
6: Anne Schaefer and Ruediger Schmitt-Beck: A Vicious Circle of Demobilization? Context Effects on Turnout at the 2009 and 2013 German Federal Elections
7: Andre Foerster and Malte Kaukal: Economic Performance and Turnout in Regional Perspective: A Multilevel Analysis of German Districts
8: Alexander Wuttke: When the World Around you is Changing: Investigating the Influence of Alienation and Indifference on Voter Turnout
9: Heiko Giebler: Not Second-Order, but Still Second-Rate? Patterns of Electoral Behavior in German State Elections
10: Sigrid Rossteutscher, Ina Bieber, Lars-Christopher Stoevsand, and Manuela Blumenberg: Candidate Perception and Individual Vote Choice: The Role of Social Cues
11: Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen: Ideological Voting in Context: The Case of Germany During the Merkel Era
12: Maria Preissinger: Always Late? Stability and Change in Individuals' Time of Vote Decisions
13: Harald Schoen, Sigrid Rossteutscher, Ruediger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Wessels, and Christof Wolf: Conclusion