arty-guided rientations of municipal politicians in Switzerland

In a study comprising about 8000 members of Swiss municipal executive boards, it was analyzed to what degr on the left right scale were based on self logical standing of respective parties). Using multivariate linear regressions, it was found both couplings w nounced on the left side on the political spectrum than on the center and to the right. Party guidance correlates positively community size with the size of the executive, the communal influence of local parties and the application of stead of majoritarian) election rules. In addition, it was higher in the case of incumbents highly supported by parties in el campaign and occupying formal intraparty positions. On the other hand, self incumbents with university degrees, high political interest and those give more weight to “personal conviction” than to publi opinion, party positions or other board members when they make their political decisions. Finally, some ind that the levels of self-guided as well as party ciations democracy and collegial decision making within the boards, but that both younger generations. Inhalt 1. Theoretical Concepts ................................ 2. Theoretical determinants of self-guided and party 3. Studying members of Swiss communal executives 4. Methods and Data ................................ 5. Empirical Results ................................................................ 6. Conclusions ................................................................ References................................................................ _______________________________ Bibliographic Citation: Geser Hans: Self-guided and Party-guided uary 2012. http://geser.net/par/ges_19.pdf Universität Zürich Soziologisches Institut arty-guided rientations of municipal politicians in Switzerland Hans Geser [email protected] January 2012 -guided judgments (=opinions about specific issues) or on party -guided ideologization is over a -guided ideology are lowered by the “pragmatic pressures” associated with cons ideological orientations ................................................................................................ -guided ideologization................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ _______________________________________________________________ Ideological Orientations. In: Hans Geser: Online Publications. ee self placements -guided impacts (= ideoere far more prowith proportional (inection verage in the case of c ications were found omay be on the rise in ...............................................2 .........................5 .............................11 .................12 ....................15 ............................35 ..................................38