Over the past half century, the behavior of German voters has changed profoundly. After a
long period of stability, elections have dramatically altered their character-at first rather …

Over the past half century, the behavior of German voters has changed profoundly—at first
rather gradually but during the last decade at accelerated speed. Electoral decision-making …

The expectation that welfare retrenchment and expansion have electoral consequences for
governing parties is widespread in welfare state research. Previous research either argues …

This article analyzes voters for Radical Left Parties (RLPs) in three countries—Germany, the
Netherlands, and Sweden. Belonging to the democratic socialist subtype of RLPs, parties in …

The German federal election 2021 was remarkable partly because the incumbent chancellor
Angela Merkel, albeit still popular, was not running for re-election and did not figure …

As laid out in Chapter 1, concurrently with the establishment of the AfD since 2013, the
German party system changed dramatically: at the 2017 election, polarization increased and …

Germany is the largest economic power in the European Union (EU) and exercises the most
influence on EU policy (Busse et al., 2020; Krotz & Schramm, 2021). Nevertheless, for years …

Social Democratic parties have long been steady pioneers of European democracy, but over
the past decade they have suffered a humiliating collapse. It is commonly asserted that …

After decades of slow and gradual change, the German electorate's behavior has
undergone a massive transformation over the three federal elections of 2009, 2013, and …

Examining the German case in the wider Western European context for the period 1996-
2017, the chapter investigates the role of supply and demand factors for vote switching in …