Religion and Redistributive Voting in Western Europe

Extreme right-wing voting in Western Europe

In this study we explain extreme right-wing voting behaviour in the countries of the European Union and Norway from a micro and macro perspective. Using a multidisciplinary multilevel approach, we take into account individual-level social background characteristics and public opinion alongside country characteristics and characteristics of extreme right-wing parties themselves. By making use of...

Religion and Fertility in Western Europe: Trends Across Cohorts in Britain, France and the Netherlands

The role of religion in explaining fertility differences is often overlooked in demographic studies, particularly in Western Europe, where there has been a substantial decline in institutional forms of religious adherence. The current study explores the changing relationships between religion and childbearing in Britain, France and the Netherlands. Using data from the Generations and Gender Pro...

Religion and Higher Education Achievement in Europe

Multi-level elections in Western Europe: determinants of voting and the role of salience

Previous comparative research into the determinants of voting using aggregate data has suffered from two limitations: it relied predominantly on country-level data; and it seldom ventured beyond a consideration of one or two types of elections. In order to overcome these shortcomings, we use an original dataset in which data are aggregated to sub-national units; and include examples of national...

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W hat would motivate british neo-nazi skinheads to invade a public library and beat up a reading group of retired pakistani immigrants? and what would motivate half a million british citizens to vote for extreme right-wing parties whose rhetoric fuels such behavior? trilling traces the rise of the radical right in the united kingdom and condemns establishment figures for not taking it more seri...