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Is Germany on the Path to a "Pensioner Democracy"? -- An Empirical Investigation of Age-Specific Differences in Political Attitudes and their Relevance for Electoral Behavior Based on a Recent Survey
Ist Teil von
Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 2012-01, Vol.53 (3), p.371-393
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
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Quelle
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Demographic change is one of the biggest challenges with regard to social and economic developments in Germany. The public debate mainly focuses on negative effects for social security systems. However, analyzing potential results of an ageing population for political attitudes and political behavior of the citizenry does not play a major role in scientific research so far. Based on a recent survey this article first examines age-specific differences in individual political attitudes. Second, we analyze possible determinants of age-specific party vote choice. We find age-specific attitudes, which -- at least in part -- do have an impact on party choice. Adapted from the source document.