Description
This comprehensive Element investigates the mechanisms through which social identities influence voting patterns during significant electoral realignments in contemporary politics. The authors analyze how traditional and emerging cleavages structure political competition, examining the relationship between social group membership and electoral choice.
The work synthesizes recent scholarship on political realignment, focusing on how demographic, cultural, and economic identities translate into voting behavior. It addresses key questions about the durability of political cleavages, the conditions under which new cleavages emerge, and how institutional contexts shape the translation of identities into electoral outcomes.
Designed for scholars and advanced students of European politics and comparative electoral behavior, this Element provides theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence for understanding contemporary shifts in political coalitions and the role of social identities in democratic representation.
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