Assessing the 2019 European Parliament Elections

ISBN-13: 9780367365936 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 252 str.

Sylvia Kritzinger; Carolina Plescia; Kolja Raube

Opis

Informed by and against the backdrop of the 2019 European Parliament (EP) elections, this innovative book provides a critical assessment of where Europe stands in terms of the quest for achieving democratic legitimacy.

Spis treści

Introduction: Assessing the 2019 European Parliament Elections  Part I: The Politico-Legal Framework of the 2019 European Elections  1. The Long and Winding Road towards a European Electoral Law  2. From Dawn to Doom: The institutionalization of the Spitzenkandidaten-process during European elections and its final negation  3. The Fall of the Spitzenkandidaten: Political parties and conflict in the 2019 European elections  4. Party-groups and Ideological Cleavages in the European Parliament after the 2019 Elections  Part II: Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour at the 2019 European Parliament Elections  5. European Parliament Elections as Second Order National Elections  6. First-Order Breakthrough or Still Second Order? An assessment of the 2019 EP elections  Part III: The 2019 European Parliament Elections in Eight Countries  7. The 2019 EP Election in Austria: A highly salient domestic test election  8. The 2019 EP Election in Denmark: A European election within a national contest  9. Second-Order or Second Hand? The 2019 EP election in France  10. Between Migration and the Climate Crisis: The 2019 EP election in Germany  11. Orbán’s Long Shadow: The 2019 European Parliament election in Hungary  12. 2019 European Election in Italy: Second-order but still salient elections?  13. The 2019 EP Election in Poland: In the shadow of extreme polarization  14. The 2019 EP Election in Spain: Settling a national score?  From Second-Order towards First-Order Elections: Some Concluding Observations