Democracy under siege? : parties, voters, and elections after the great recession / Timothy Hellwig, Yesola Kweon, Jack Vowles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hellwig, Timothy, author.

Kweon, Yesola, author.

Vowles, Jack, author.

Series:

Comparative study of electoral systems.

Oxford scholarship online.

Comparative study of electoral systems

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

The consequences of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and Great Recession of 2008-2010 continue to be debated among economists, journalists, and policymakers. This text examines how these economic shocks, which originated largely outside of nations, reshaped politics within them.

Contents:

Part I: The Crisis' Long Shadow on Democratic Politics

Continuity and Change : The Shock, the Recovery, and the Mass Politics of Economic Crises

The Great Recession and Electoral Politics, 2007-2016

Part II: Public Perceptions and Policy Demands

Breaking the Bargain? Economic Decline, Party Cues, and the Politics of Insecurity

Revising the Bargain? Policy Preferences after the Crisis

Part III: Political Choices in Uncertain Times

There is No Difference? The Global Financial Crisis and Electoral Turnout

The Shock, the Recovery, and Economic Voting Before and After the Crisis

Shaping Their Own Destiny : Political Parties and Voter Choices Before and After the Crisis

Mass Politics in a Post-Crisis World : Whither Democracy?

Notes:

This edition originally published: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-258513-4

0-19-188136-8

0-19-258512-6