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Politiker och medborgare om förbud mot vinster i välfärden - En studie om åsiktsöverenstämmelse

Petersson, Agnes LU (2022) STVM25 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract (Swedish)
A strong linkage between the political views of the public and political elites is a fundamental feature of the democratic process. This master thesis aims to analyze the congruence between politicians and voters regarding the proposal to prohibit private welfare companies to earn profit. By using a matched pair of surveys collected during the years of 2012 and 2017, this essay analyses how issue congruence developed during this time period. The study shows that the issue congruence between politicians and voters in general improved. However, when parties and their voters are investigated separately the results show that parties to the left are closer to their supporters than the parties to the right. Looking closer at opinion changes, the... (More)
A strong linkage between the political views of the public and political elites is a fundamental feature of the democratic process. This master thesis aims to analyze the congruence between politicians and voters regarding the proposal to prohibit private welfare companies to earn profit. By using a matched pair of surveys collected during the years of 2012 and 2017, this essay analyses how issue congruence developed during this time period. The study shows that the issue congruence between politicians and voters in general improved. However, when parties and their voters are investigated separately the results show that parties to the left are closer to their supporters than the parties to the right. Looking closer at opinion changes, the results indicate that the supporters of the right-oriented parties have shifted in the direction of their party´s position. Moreover, the results show that politically interested voters are more congruent with their preferred party compared to voters that are not politically interested. (Less)
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author
Petersson, Agnes LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM25 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Åsiktsöverenstämmelse, representativ demokrati, vinster i välfärden
language
Swedish
id
9080108
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 09:02:39
date last changed
2022-07-03 09:02:39
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  abstract     = {{A strong linkage between the political views of the public and political elites is a fundamental feature of the democratic process. This master thesis aims to analyze the congruence between politicians and voters regarding the proposal to prohibit private welfare companies to earn profit. By using a matched pair of surveys collected during the years of 2012 and 2017, this essay analyses how issue congruence developed during this time period. The study shows that the issue congruence between politicians and voters in general improved. However, when parties and their voters are investigated separately the results show that parties to the left are closer to their supporters than the parties to the right. Looking closer at opinion changes, the results indicate that the supporters of the right-oriented parties have shifted in the direction of their party´s position. Moreover, the results show that politically interested voters are more congruent with their preferred party compared to voters that are not politically interested.}},
  author       = {{Petersson, Agnes}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Politiker och medborgare om förbud mot vinster i välfärden - En studie om åsiktsöverenstämmelse}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}