European Elections and Domestic Politics

by Van Der Brug, Wouter

• ISBN13: 9780268043698
• ISBN10: 0268043698
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Contributors	p. xi
Introduction: Electoral politics in the European Union and the 2004 enlargement	p. 1
Effects of space and time on turnout in European Parliament elections	p. 13
European elections as counterfactual national elections	p. 32
European Parliament elections and losses by governing parties	p. 51
Comparing the views of parties and voters in the 1999 election to the European Parliament	p. 73
Locating support for European integration	p. 94
The media and European Parliament elections: Second-rate coverage of a second-order event?	p. 116
Media effects on attitudes toward European integration	p. 131
Non-voting in European Parliament elections and support for European integration	p. 145
EU support and party choice	p. 168
The sleeping giant: Potential for political mobilization of disaffection with European integration	p. 189
Prospects for electoral change	p. 209
European elections, domestic politics, and European integration	p. 226
Postscript: The research agenda beyond the 2004 European elections	p. 262
The voter study	p. 273
The media study	p. 277
Euromanifesto content	p. 283
Election results, quasi-switching and turnout effects	p. 286
References	p. 295
Author Index	p. 313
Subject Index	p. 317
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