7. Changes in Class Voting in Norway, 1957–1989

Authors: Ringdal, Kristen; Hines, Kjell

Source: The End of Class Politics?, September 1999 , pp. 181-203(23)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

Despite their reputation as the home of a highly developed form of class politics, the first of two Scandinavian case studies examines trends in relative class voting in Norwegian Storting elections from 1957 to 1988 and shows that there was a decline in levels of class voting in the 1960s. Ironically, perhaps, the reason for this change would appear to be the political success of class politics, in which universalistic welfare provision legislation—in part a response to the strength of the working class movement—led to an erosion of middle class opposition to welfarism.

Keywords: over time change; class voting; comparative analysis; Erikson-Goldthorpe class; class politics

Document Type: Research article

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