The Great Recession and new class voting in Iceland

• Published in: Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
• Main Author: Helgason, Agnar
• Other Authors: Stjórnmálafræðideild (HÍ), Faculty of Political Science (UI), Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Social Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Public Administration and Politics - Icelandic Review of Politics and Administration 2018
• Subjects: Great Recession; Political behavior; Class voting; Vote choice; Kreppan mikla; Kosningaþátttaka; Þjóðfélagsstéttir; Stjórnmálaþátttaka; Mikla; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1924; https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2018.14.3.1

Publisher's version (útgefin grein) Conventional wisdom suggests that occupational class plays a limited role in explaining vote choice in Iceland. In this paper, we argue that the death of class in Icelandic politics may be premature and that it still plays a role in structuring political pref...