The 2014 European Parliament Elections in Southern Europe: Still Second Order or Critical Contests?

ISBN-13: 9781138393103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 162 str.

Hermann Schmitt; Eftichia Teperoglou

Opis

Examining the 2014 European Election in Southern Europe (Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta), the region at the heart of the Eurozone crisis, the book investigates whether these electoral contests followed the normal pattern of previous second-order elections or alternatively displayed the characteristics of "critical elections" during a politically tumultuous period in Europe.

Spis treści

1. The 2014 European Parliament Elections in Southern Europe: Second-Order or Critical Elections? 2. Renzi’s Honeymoon Effect: The 2014 European Election in Italy 3. Habituating to the New Normal in a Post-earthquake Party System: The 2014 European Election in Greece 4. Against Bipartyism, Towards Dealignment? The 2014 European Election in Spain 5. More Second-Order than Ever? The 2014 European Election in Portugal 6. Surprising Elections in Exciting Times? Of Proxies and Second-Order Events in the 2014 European Election in Cyprus 7. The Anatomy of a Misfit: The 2014 European Election in Malta