European elections & domestic politics : lessons from the past and scenarios for the future / edited by Wouter van der Brug and Cees van der Eijk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brug, Wouter van der.

Eijk, C. van der (Cees), 1948-

Series:

Contemporary European politics and society.

Contemporary European politics and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Europe.

Elections.

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

European Parliament--Elections, 2004.

European Parliament.

European Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

European elections and domestic politics

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book analyzes how the behavior of voters, parties, and the mass media in European Parliament elections affects domestic politics and how, in turn, domestic politics affects those behaviors.

Contents:

Introduction: Electoral politics in the European Union and the 2004 enlargement / Cees van der Eijk and Wouter van der Brug

Effects of space and time on turnout in European Parliament elections / Mark N. Franklin

European elections as counterfactual national elections / Marcel van Egmond

European Parliament elections and losses by governing parties / Michael Marsh

Comparing the views of parties and voters in the 1999 election to the European Parliament / Andreas M. Wust and Hermann Schmitt

Locating support for European integration / Angelika Scheuer and Wouter van der Brug

The media and European Parliament elections: second-rate coverage of a second-order event? / Claes H. de Vreese, Edmund Lauf, and Jochen Peter

Media effects on attitudes toward European integration / Jochen Peter

Non-voting in European Parliament elections and support for European integration / Hermann Schmitt and Cees van der Eijk

EU support and party choice / Wouter van der Brug, Cees van der Eijk, and Mark N. Franklin

The sleeping giant: potential for political mobilization of disaffection with European integration / Cees van der Eijk and Mark N. Franklin

Prospects for electoral change / Martin Kroh, Wouter van der Brug, and Cees van der Eijk

European elections, domestic politics, and European integration / Wouter van der Brug and Cees van der Eijk, with Hermann Schmitt ... [et al.]

Postscript: the research agenda beyond the 2004 European elections / Cees van der Eijk and Wouter van der Brug

Appendix A: The voter study / Cees van der Eijk and Wouter van der Brug

Appendix B: The media study / Edmund Lauf and Jochen Peter

Appendix C: Euromanifesto content / Andreas M. Wust

Appendix D: Election results, quasi-switching and turnout effects / Marcel van Egmond.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-312) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780268095512

0268095515

OCLC:

608181590