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Electoral Mobility and Social Change in Denmark
Author(s) -
Jarlov Carsten,
Kristensen Ole P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1978.tb00169.x
Subject(s) - politics , socioeconomic status , product (mathematics) , social mobility , social change , danish , political change , political science , demographic economics , political economy , economics , sociology , economic growth , demography , law , population , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics
Danish politics in the 1970s is characterized by a remarkable increase in electoral fluidity. Increasing political mobility should be seen not as a product of passing and specific events, but as a product of basic societal change. The link between political mobility and some dimensions of social change is discussed theoretically and investigated empirically. The discussion focuses on the joint effects of socioeconomic change and political‐institutional change. Some reasons why these changes should lead to increased electoral mobility are stated. The empirical analysis is carried out at the level of municipalities. A positive relationship between various indicators of socio‐economic change and political mobility is demonstrated. The relationship is sustained when a control for the effects of social structure is introduced.