Brahmin Left Versus Merchant Right: Changing Political Cleavages in 21 Western Democracies, 1948–2020

Abstract This article sheds new light on the long-run evolution of political cleavages in 21 Western democracies. We exploit a new database on the socioeconomic determinants of the vote, covering more than 300 elections held between 1948 and 2020. In the 1950s and 1960s, the vote for social democrat...

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Published in:IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc 2022-02, Vol.137 (1), p.1-48
Main Authors: Gethin, Amory, Martínez-Toledano, Clara, Piketty, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cleavage
Conflict
Data
Disconnection
Distinctive features
Economics and Finance
Education
Elections
Higher education
Humanities and Social Sciences
Immigration
Low income groups
Political parties
Politics
Social democratic parties
Socialism
Socialist parties
Sociocultural factors
Socioeconomic factors
Voters
Voting
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