Utilizing both historical and new research data, this book analyzes voting patterns for local and national elections in thirteen west European countries from 1945-2011. The result of rigorous and in-depth country studies, this book challenges the popular second-order model and presents an innovative framework to study regional voting patterns.

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Linda Berg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Yosef Bhatti, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Daniel Bochsler, University of Zurich, Switzerland Laura Cabeza Perez, Spanish National Research Council Fabien Escalona Braulio Gómez Fortes, Institute of Governance Tore Hansen, University of Oslo, Norway Charlie Jeffery, University of Edinburgh, UK Marcelo Jenny, University of Vienna, Austria Simon Labouret, Institute of Political Studies in Grenoble Emanuele Massetti, University of Sussex, UK Nicola McEwen, University of Edinburgh, UK Alia Middleton, University of Edinburgh, UK Henrik E. Oscarsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Lawrence E. Rose, University of Oslo, Norway Giulia Sandri, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Stavros Skrinis, Panteion University Athens, Greece Mathieu Vieira, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Fabio Wasserfallen, University of Zurich, Switzerland Sune Welling Hansen, Danish Institute of Governmental Research

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List of Tables and Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Territoriality of the Vote. A Framework for Analysis; Arjan H. Schakel and Régis Dandoy 2. Austria: Regional Elections in the Shadow of National Politics; Marcelo Jenny 3. Belgium: Towards a Regionalization of National Elections?; Régis Dandoy 4. Denmark: The First Years of Regional Voting after Comprehensive Reform; Yosef Bhatti and Sune Welling Hansen 5. France: Regional Elections as 'third-order' Elections?; Fabien Escalona, Simon Labouret and Mathieu Vieira 6. Germany: The Anatomy of Multi-level Voting; Charlie Jeffery and Alia Middleton 7. Greece: Five Typical Second-order Elections Despite Significant Electoral Reform; Stavros Skrinis 8. Italy: Between Growing Incongruence and Region-specific Dynamics; Emanuele Massetti and Giulia Sandri 9. The Netherlands: Two Forms of Nationalization of Provincial Elections; Arjan H. Schakel 10. Norway: No Big Deal with Regional Elections?; Lawrence E. Rose and Tore Hansen 11. Spain: The Persistence of Territorial Cleavages and Centralism of the Popular Party; Braulio Gómez Fortes and Laura Cabeza Perez 12. Sweden: From Mid-term County Council Elections to Concurrent Elections; Linda Berg and Henrik Oscarsson 13. Switzerland: Moving Towards a Nationalized Party System; Daniel Bochsler and Fabio Wasserfallen 14. The United Kingdom: Multi-level Elections in an Asymmetrical State; Nicola McEwen 15. Conclusion: Regional Elections in Comparative Perspective; Arjan H. Schakel and Régis Dandoy Bibliography Index