ESSAYS: The Austrian Voter in Historical Perspective 1

Rathkolb, Oliver

doi:10.4324/9781315131184-2

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“…The dominant themes of their campaigns were the unification of Austria and Germany (Anschluss), anticlericalism, and antisemitism. The majority of their members would join Hitler's Nazi Party after the German annexation of Austria in 1938 (Rathkolb 2008).…”

Section: The Transformation Of the Austrian Party Systemmentioning

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“…Given the task of reconstruction and the memory of the war, the ÖVP still formed a coalition with the Socialist Party (Sozialistische Partei Österreichs, SPÖ) and included a communist minister in the cabinet. This was part of a historical tradition of consensual democracy, originated in the First Republic (1919)(1920)(1921)(1922)(1923)(1924)(1925)(1926)(1927)(1928)(1929)(1930)(1931)(1932)(1933)(1934), which aimed at buffering the antagonistic "pillars" of Austrian society by incorporating members of all major parties in the cabinet (Rathkolb 2008). It took full shape after 1945 under the proporz system of proportional allocation of posts by party in the public sector and in the administration (Luther 1989).…”

Section: The Transformation Of the Austrian Party Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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7. Party System Transformation and the Structure of Political Cleavages in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, 1967–2019

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Gethin

Martínez-Toledano

2021

Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities

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This paper combines post-electoral surveys to study the transformation of the structure of political cleavages in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland over the last five decades. Despite their history of linguistic, regional, and religious conflicts, all four countries share a common tradition of consensus decision-making, which has remained until the present. Yet, the weakening of historical cleavages, the emergence of new political formations (i.e. Green parties on the left and anti-immigration parties on the right), and the rise of new divides have significantly transformed their party systems since the 1980s. Support for green and left-wing parties among highest-educated voters, and for anti-immigration parties among the lower-educated has grown, while top-income earners have remained instead more supportive of the traditional right. Both the rise of new green and anti-immigration parties, but also changes within old parties have thus led to the emergence of "multi-elite party systems", as it has been shown in other Western democracies. We are grateful to Gabriel Gazeau and Thomas Piketty for their useful advices.

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Section: The Transformation Of the Austrian Party Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Transformation Of the Austrian Party Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%