Ackermann, Kathrin and Traunmüller, Richard (2014) 'Jenseits von Schwerkraft und Höllenfeuer. Nicht-lineare Kontexteffekte auf den Zusammenhang von religiöser Gruppenzugehörigkeit und individuellem Wahlverhalten bei fünf Bundestagswahlen [Beyond Gravity and Hellfire. Non-linear Contextual Effects on the Link between Religion and Voting Behaviour in Five German Federal Elections].' Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 55 (1). pp. 33-66. ISSN 0032-3470
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Abstract
This article investigates the moderating effect of social context on the relationship between religion and vote choice. Whereas theories of electoral research and the sociology of religion assume a linear contextual effect, we develop a new theoretical argument that predicts a non-linear effect. The results of logistic multilevel analyses confirm this theory for the Catholic milieu: The effect of catholic denomination on voting for the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) first increases with the share of Catholics in the context and decreases when they are in the clear majority. This finding – which contradicts former studies – holds for all federal elections under consideration (1994-2009), withstands several robustness tests and provides important evidence for the perpetuation of the traditional Catholic voting norm through group processes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
| Depositing User: | Users 161 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2014 11:07 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jan 2017 02:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/12123 |
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