Factors behind Voting for the Left-Center Parties in European Countries at the Present Stage (2007-2018)

Final qualifying work on topic: «Factors behind Voting for the Left-Center Parties in European Countries at the Present Stage (2007-2018)». Author: Dmitry Kurtov, 4th year student. The work consists of introduction, three chapters, conclusion, list of references and applications. The introduction reveals the problematics of the chosen topic and its relevance. Goals and objectives of the study and four hypotheses are described. The first chapter outlines the theoretical foundations of the study. The main approaches to the study of electoral behavior are described. The features of the study of the European center-left parties at the present stage, as well as the features of modern studies of center-left parties are indicated. The second chapter describes the empirical basis for the quantitative study, describes the factors that will be used in the study, and also describes the features of the formation of left-centrist electorate in the past. The third chapter is an analysis of the data, based on the tasks. Also, in the third chapter we get some idea of how the center-left electorate has changed, and also identify the reasons for these changes. In conclusion, conclusions are drawn based on the results of research work. The work contains 64 pages, 1 application, 1 table.