Two Lefts and Two Rights. Class Voting and Cultural Voting in the Netherlands, 2002

This article elaborates and tests the so-called theory of the new political culture (Ronald Inglehart et al.) by means of the Dutch part of the European Social Survey (2002). The analysis is restricted on theoretical grounds to voting for parties representing new politics (centering on cultural issues: populist party (LPF, new right) versus green party (GroenLinks, new left) and old politics (centering on class issues: social-democratic party (PVDA, old left) versus conservative party (VVD, old right)). The class theory of politics explains voting for PVDA or VVD very well. The working class v... Mehr ...