Electoral Politics in Crisis After the Great Recession - Change, Fluctuations and Stability in Iceland

This book examines to what extent politics in Iceland have been transformed in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.

List of contents

1. The consequences of the Great Recession on party politics and voters in Iceland: Theoretical framework 2: A precursor to a crisis: Politics in the era of the Icelandic economic miracle 3. The political consequences of the economic collapse 4. The issue preferences of the mass public and their social structural antecedents 5. Satisfaction with democracy, political trust and confidence in politics 6. Political participation and engagement 7. A crumbling party system? 8. The party system and new parties in post-crisis Iceland 9. Party-voter alignments before and after the Great Recession 10. The transformative impact of the Great Recession on the political system

About the author

Eva H. Önnudóttir is Professor of Political Science at the University of Iceland, Iceland.
Agnar Freyr Helgason is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Iceland, Iceland.
Ólafur Th. Hardarson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Iceland, Iceland, where he served as Dean of the Social Sciences for 12 years.
Hulda Thórisdóttir is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Iceland, Iceland.
All authors are on the Steering committee of the Icelandic National Election Study.

Summary

This book examines to what extent politics in Iceland have been transformed in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.

Product details

• Authors: Ólafur Th. Harðarson, Agnar Freyr Helgason, Eva H. (University of Iceland Onnudottir, Eva H. Önnudóttir, Hulda Thórisdóttir
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032072999
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207299-9
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, Political parties and party platforms