Crisis Elections, New Contenders and Government Formation: Breaking the Mould in Southern Europe

ISBN-13: 9780367892548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 234 str.

Anna Bosco; Susannah Verney

Opis

This book assesses the ‘crisis elections’ of 2015-16 in Greece, Spain and Portugal, Greece’s bailout referendum and the five ‘new contender’ parties. It originally published as a special issue in South European Society and Politics.

Spis treści

1. From Electoral Epidemic to Government Epidemic: The Next Level of the Crisis in Southern Europe Anna Bosco and Susannah Verney Crisis Elections 2. The January 2015 Parliamentary Election in Greece: Government Change, Partial Punishment and Hesitant Stabilisation Yannis Tsirbas 3. Realignment under Stress: The July 2015 Referendum and the September Parliamentary  Election in Greece Emmanouil Tsatsanis and Eftichia Teperoglou 4. The 2015 Portuguese Legislative Election: Widening the Coalitional Space and Bringing the Extreme Left in Elisabetta De Giorgi and José Santana-Pereira 5. The Breakdown of the Spanish Two-Party System: The Upsurge of Podemos and Ciudadanos in the 2015 General Election Lluis Orriols and Guillermo Cordero 6. The Challenges of the New Spanish Multipartism: Government Formation Failure and the 2016 General Election Pablo Simón New Contenders 7. SYRIZA’s Electoral Rise in Greece: Protest, Trust and the Art of Political Manipulation Myrto Tsakatika 8. U-Turn: The Portuguese Radical Left from Marginality to Government Support Marco Lisi 9. Fast and Furious: Podemos’ Quest for Power in Multi-level Spain Juan Rodríguez-Teruel, Astrid Barrio and Oscar Barberà 10. Going National: Ciudadanos from Catalonia to Spain Juan Rodríguez Teruel and Astrid Barrio

O autorze

Anna Bosco is an Associate Professor at the University of Trieste, Italy. She is co-Editor of the journal South European Society and Politics and of the related Routledge book series.

Susannah Verney is an Assistant Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She is co-Editor of the journal South European Society and Politics and of the related Routledge book series.