European Parliament Elections After Eastern Enlargement

Author : Hermann Schmitt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317988299
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Parliament Elections after Eastern Enlargement written by Hermann Schmitt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects on the questions raised by the European Election Study 2004 whose analytical focus was on the legitimacy of EU politics after Eastern enlargement. It also assesses the dynamics and the contents of the campaign, on the determinants of the extremely low turnout in the new countries, and on the reasons of voter choice in West and East. The book also examines the first European Parliament election after the post-communist countries of Eastern Europe joined the European Union. The central question is: what has changed? Are the voters in the new member countries different and if so, why? Did the Union suffer from a loss of democratic legitimacy after Eastern enlargement? Each chapter is empirical-analytical; most are based on the post-election surveys of the group that were conducted in all but one of the 25 member countries, others focus on the results of content analyses of news media and party manifestos. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration.

Author : Jacques Thomassen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199548994
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legitimacy of the European Union After Enlargement written by Jacques Thomassen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recoge: Part 1: Political representation in the European Union - Part 2:Political support for the European Union.

Author : Hermann Schmitt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The EU Party System After Eastern Enlargement written by Hermann Schmitt and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lynda Lee Kaid
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820481739
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The EU Expansion written by Lynda Lee Kaid and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The EU Expansion analyzes the communication strategies of candidates and parties in the 2004 European Parliamentary elections. These elections marked the first opportunity for the selection of representatives to the enlarged European Parliament. They also provided an important opportunity to study how candidates and parties strike a balance between communicating the need to preserve the sovereignty and culture of their countries with the increasing realization that Europe can only preserve its significance in the world by forging a unified economic and political federation. Research and analysis from both longstanding EU nations and those entering for the first time are provided. Chapters focus on the background and significance of the elections; the content of the party and candidate communications in representative countries; news media coverage of the elections; the effects of these communications on voters; and the unique perspectives of how the elections were covered and perceived around the world.

Author : Vít Hloušek
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030408582
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The European Parliament Election of 2019 in East-Central Europe written by Vít Hloušek and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an analysis of the European Parliament elections 2019 with a focus on East-Central European countries. The authors offer conceptual insights into Euroscepticism and discuss traditionally familiar concepts in a new light, pairing East-Central European Euroscepticism with visions of illiberal democracy, on the one hand, and showing the increasing Europeanisation of Eurosceptic parties in the region, on the other. The book combines a fresh and innovative conceptual treatment with rich and accurate empirical evidence in order to highlight the dynamics of Euroscepticism in "new" EU member states. Students and experts interested in EU politics, within academia and beyond, will find this volume particularly informative.

Author : Ruxandra Boicu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137585919
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Communication and European Parliamentary Elections in Times of Crisis written by Ruxandra Boicu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tackles the 2014 European Parliamentary election as an event, phenomenon and process from an interdisciplinary but coherent perspective. This edited volume includes research by prestigious academics from the former communist countries in question, all of which have only recently become EU members. The contributors consider whether there is a crisis of Euroscepticism, or, for that matter, extremism of any kind in each country discussed. In doing so, the volume seeks to analyse the future of the European Union itself. It will appeal to scholars and graduate students interested in elections and voting behaviour, comparative European politics, and political communication.

Author : P. Lewis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230596657
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The European Union and Party Politics in Central and Eastern Europe written by P. Lewis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-10-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the influence of the EU on party politics in the ten 'new' EU countries from a variety of perspectives and using a range of empirical sources. The book thus makes an original and distinctive contribution both to contemporary EU studies and to the literature on CE party systems and party development.

Author : E. Bressanelli
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137348860
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Europarties After Enlargement written by E. Bressanelli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By comparing the importance of representative democracy to the EU as enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty with the political systems in the EU's newest member states, this study explores whether representative democracy can really exist in an enlarged EU and explores the constraints and opportunities for political parties operating the in the EU.

Author : Daniel Schmidt
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638050572
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Does an enlargement of the European Union inhibit the party establishment of a European party system? Case study of Turkey written by Daniel Schmidt and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-05-20 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 2,0, University of Twente (Political Institute ), language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction The European Union (EU) has been a very heterogeneous building since the start. The difficult task is forming a party system which fits the different national parties in coalitions that are able to produce results. With the now 25 members this seems even more problematic, since the states of Eastern Europe have a tradition that differs significantly from the countries in Northern and Western Europe. It is, therefore, necessary to prove if party cohesion on the European level exists. If members of European Parliament (EP) would only vote on national interest, party coalitions would not serve their purpose. There needs to be cohesion towards the coalition in order to establish real European elections instead of second order national elections. In order to achieve this it is also necessary to be able to have a public opinion that can be organized into majorities (Beetham/Lord, 2001:77). The questions, therefore, remain if the EU is able to establish even more members in its middle. It might be the case that new members would decline the party cohesion even further and that would make It even more difficult to establish true European elections. In this paper, special emphasis will be on the role of Turkey and the adoptability into the party system. The leading hypotheses will be that the cleavages lines which are important for Turkish voters are too different in order to adopt to leading European ideas. A sup-question is also if the Eastern European countries have yet performed this step. The paper will start with a normative frame that points out how an ideal democracy could work on the European level. Because of shortage of space this can not be discussed in total depth, but the presented ideas will serve as a framework. After the theoretical part, the focus will be on the European system as it works today. Special emphasis will be on the party coalitions and their impact on the voting behaviour of members of parliament (MEP). It is essential to describe why national parties have agreed to work together and what political solutions they prefer. Since there are seven coalitions in the EP today, not all can be fully analysed. Therefore, the two biggest groups (EVP-ED and SPE) will mainly be the focus, since they hold over 60% of the seats. The next part will analyse the Turkish system and what kind of issues are deciding for Turkish voters. The history of democracy will be the starting point of this analysis before the present situation will be the focus. The conclusion will, therefore, be based on the question if Turkey’s party system can adapt to the EU, and, thus, the entry of Turkey into the EU is feasible taking these conditions into account.

Author : Wouter van der Brug
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198757417
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book (Un)intended Consequences of European Parliamentary Elections written by Wouter van der Brug and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When direct elections for the European Parliament were first organized in 1979, the idea was that such direct elections would increase the democratic legitimacy and accountability of the Parliament. Moreover, the elections were expected to raise public interest, engagement and support for the European project. Did these elections help to increase legitimacy and accountability? Did they increase interest in and support for the 'European project'? Or, did these elections have unintended (and perhaps undesirable) consequences? This volume focuses on the consequences of European elections for public debate and involvement, for party systems, and for public opinion. EP elections have caused a number of intended consequences: the salience of the elections in the media has gone up and over time electoral competition becomes more important, engaging in the campaign can help improve EU evaluations, and Europe as a topic has become more important for voting at EP elections, boosting the prevalence of so-called EU voting. A number of intended consequences have not materialized during the life of the EP so far: knowledge or turnout levels have not gone up and citizens have not become better at judging what political parties are offering. The EP elections have, however, also yielded a number of unintended consequences: EP elections dampen turnout for first time voters in subsequent elections, EP elections cause temporary decline in EU support, and the elections have become a strategic arena for political parties to position themselves on EU issues and for new movements and parties to boost or sustain their success.