The traditional core group of Social Democratic voters — the workers and industrially employed — were once a majority but today are a minority. The decline of blue-collar and the rise of white-collar workers, the educational revolution, and industrial change have eroded the traditional...

Wolfgang Schroeder Bernhard Weßels (Hrsg.) Handbuch Arbeitgeber- und Wi rtschaftsve rbä nde in Deutschland Ein Handbuch III VS VERLAG Inhaltsverzeichnis Zu diesem Band 5 Einleitung Die deutsche...

This article develops and tests empirically a theory of the effect on political trust of forms of behaviour that violate social, political and legal norms about how politicians ought to behave. These include taking money for favours, over-indulging in private life and making misleading promises...