Unified voters in a divided society: Ideology and regionalism in Belgium

IF 1.7 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Regional and Federal Studies Pub Date : 2020-11-08 DOI:10.1080/13597566.2020.1843021

Mike Medeiros, Jean Gauvin, Chris Chhim

引用次数: 5

Abstract

ABSTRACT In societies divided along ethnocultural lines, intergroup cooperation can often be a challenging task. This process can be even more complex if political parties and voters are divided along those same social cleavages. This study focuses on the case of Belgium and explores whether divided societies with separate party systems necessarily lead to distinct partisan alignments. Using electoral survey data from the 2014 Belgian federal election, we investigate whether political ideology is stronger than ethnolinguistic group membership in shaping electoral behaviour. The results demonstrate that although Belgian voters are divided along linguistic lines when it comes to preferences about centralization, they remain aligned along party families on social and economic dimensions.

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分裂社会中的统一选民：比利时的意识形态和区域主义

在按民族文化界线划分的社会中，群体间的合作往往是一项具有挑战性的任务。如果政党和选民因同样的社会分裂而分裂，这个过程可能会更加复杂。本研究以比利时为例，探讨具有独立政党制度的分裂社会是否必然导致不同的党派联盟。利用2014年比利时联邦选举的选举调查数据，我们调查了政治意识形态在塑造选举行为方面是否比民族语言群体成员更强大。结果表明，尽管比利时选民在对中央集权的偏好上存在语言上的分歧，但在社会和经济方面，他们与政党家族保持一致。

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Regional and Federal Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE-

CiteScore

3.80

自引率

21.40%

发文量

期刊介绍： The upsurge of academic and political interest in regional and federal questions since the 1980s has been stimulated by the salience of regions in EU policy-making and the Structural Funds but also by regionalization and federalization processes in many Western states. The most striking example is the devolution occurring in the UK, but the process is at work all over Europe and in other parts of the world. These developments have led to many important research programmes and projects. Regional and Federal Studies is a refereed social science journal which provides an academic forum for the publication of international research on these issues. It is essential reading for both academics and practitioners in politics, administration and the business world.