Encyclopaedia of European Elections

Zusatztext 'European elections are troublemakers: they introduce new electoral systems! new constituencies! and new political groups. They create turbulence within parties and between parties. They facilitate the emergence of new cleavages and the fading away of old ones. Thanks to Michael Bruter! Yves Déloye! and several dozen European collaborators! we now get a better understanding of the new invisible hand that is at work in European democracies. This Encyclopaedia is an indispensable tool for political scientists as well as policy-makers.' - Yves Mény! President of the European University Institute! Florence! Italy. Informationen zum Autor STÉPHANIE ABRIAL CNRS (PACTE-CIDSP), Grenoble, FranceJACQUES-OLIVIER BARTHES CRPS, Strasbourg, FranceSTEFANO BARTOLINI European University Institute, Florence, ItalyWILLY BEAUVALLET PRISME-GSPE, Strasbourg, FranceDOMINIQUE BELLEC PRISME-GSPE, Strasbourg, FranceCÉLINE BELOT CNRS (PACTE-CIDSP, Grenoble), FranceCHRISTOPHE BERTOSSI IFRI, Paris, FranceGILLES BERTRAND Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, FranceMARIE-THÉRÈSE BITSCH IHEE Robert Schumann, Strasbourg, FranceETIENNE BOISSERIE INALCO, Paris, FranceCHRISTOPHE BOUILLAUD Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, FranceANDRÁS BOZOKI Central European University, Budapest, HungaryPIERRE BRECHON Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, FranceMICHAEL BRUTER London School of Economics and Political Science, UKBRUNO CAUTRES CNRS (PACTE-CIDSP), Grenoble, FranceGABRIEL COLOME GARCIA Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, SpainOLIVIER COSTA CNRS (CERVL), Bordeaux, FranceMARINE DELASSALLE Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg, FranceYVES DÉLOYE Université Paris I Sorbonne, FrancePASCAL DELWIT Université Libre de Bruxelles, FranceSANDRINE DEVAUX CNRS (EHESS), Paris, FranceNATHALIE DOMPNIER Université d'Avignon, FranceDELPHINE DULONG Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, FranceFLORENCE FAUCHER-KING FNSP, Paris, FranceFRANÇOIS FORET Université Libre de Bruxelles, FranceMARK FRANKLIN Trinity College Hartford, UKANDRE FREIRE ISCTE, University of Lisbon,PortugalDANIEL GAXIE Université Paris I Sorbonne, FranceJACQUES GERSTLE Université Paris I Sorbonne, FranceKARIN GILLIAND LUTZ Universitat Bern, Switzerland FABIENNE GREFFET Université Nancy II, FranceGÉRARD GRUNBERG CNRS (CRPS), Paris, FranceFLORENCE HAEGEL FNSP, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, FranceROBERT HARMSEN Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland SARAH HARRISON London School of Economics and Political Science, UKMICHAEL HASTINGS Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lille, FrancePIERRE HAUSEMER London School of Economics and Political Science, UKEMMANUEL HENRY Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg, FranceOLIVIER IHL Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, FrancePHILIPPE JUHEM Université Robert Schumann, Strasbourg, FranceNIILO KAUPPI University of Helsinki, FinlandALENKA KRA OVEC University of Ljubljana, Slovenia IGNACIO LAGO PEÑAS Juan March Institut Madrid, SpainDAMJAN LAJH University of Ljubljana, Slovenia ANNIE LAURENT CNRS (CERAPS), Lille, FranceJEAN-BAPTISTE LEGAVRE Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, FranceSIMONA KUSTEC LIPICER University of Ljubljana, Slovenia VALÉRIE LOZAC'H Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg, FrancePAUL MAGNETTE Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium GUILLAUME MARREL Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, FranceGAIL McELROY Trinity College Dublin, Ireland HÉLÈNE MICHEL Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg, France SÉBASTIEN MICHON PRISME-GSPE,Strasbourg, France EVALD MIKKEL University of Tartu, EstoniaGERASSIMOS MOSCHONAS Panteion University Athens, GreeceANNE MUXEL CNRS (CRPS), Paris, FranceCATHERINE NEVEU CNRS-LAIOS, Paris, FranceRENAUD PAYRE Université Lyon II, FranceKARINA PEDERSEN University of København, Denmark PASCAL PERRINEAU CNRS (CRPS), Paris, FranceCHRISTINE PINA Université de Nice, FranceSONJA PUNTSCHER RIECKMANN Univ...

List of contents

Introduction: Voting for a European Parliament: A European Civic Act?; M.Bruter & Y.Deloye Mapping European Politics: An Introduction to European Electoral Geography; M.Bruter Abstention; F.Greffet Act of 1976; M-T.Bitsch Advertising; J-O.Barthes Age; A.Muxel Austria; S.Puntscher-Riekmann Ballot Paper; Y.Déloye & O.Ihl Ballot Secrecy; N.Dompnier Belgium; P.Delwit Brussels; C.van Wynsberghe Campaign (Sociology of); J.Gerstlé Campaign Accounts; O.Ihl Citizen; S.Strudel Civil Society; H.Michel Cleavages; S.Bartolini Communication; P.Juhem Composition of the European Parliament; W.Beauvallet & S.Michon Compulsory Voting; Y.Déloye Cyprus; G.Bertrand Czech Republic; S.Devaux Data Archives; B.Cautrès Democratic Deficit; P.Magnette Denmark; K.Pedersen Deposit; N.Dompnier Dual Mandates; G.Marrel Election Programmes; O.Ihl Electoral Administration; O.Ihl Electoral Cycles; H.Schmitt Electoral Education; Y.Déloye Electoral List; O.Ihl Electoral Operations; O.Ihl Electoral Strategy; P.Juhem Electoral System; P.Stöver & A.Wüst Electoral Technology; O.Ihl Eligibility; S.Strudel Enlargement; J-M. de Waele Estonia; E.Mikkel Eurobarometer; B.Cautrès European Commission; O.Costa European Constitution; J.Ziller European Convention; J.Ziller European Democratic Union (EDU); S.Abrial European Election (2004); M.Hastings European Elections (1979-1999); P.Perrineau European Election Study; M.Franklin European Electoral Act; Y.Déloye &O.Ihl European Electoral Sociology; M.Bruter European Federation of Green Parties; C.van de Walle European Free Alliance (EFA); L.de Winter European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR); L.de Winter European Parliament; G.McElroy European People's Party (EPP); A-T.Rautu European Political Parties; D-L.Seiler European Public Opinion; J-B.Legavre European Public Sphere; C.Neveu European Referenda; C.Belot Europeanisation; R.Harmsen Euroscepticism; R.Harmsen Extreme Left; S.Harrison Extreme Right; S.Harrison Federations of Political Parties; P.DelwitFinancing; O.Ihl Finland; N.Kauppi Forecast; M.Bruter France; A.Laurent Fraud; N.Dompnier Germany; V.Lozac'h Greece; G.Bertrand Green Politics; F.Faucher-King Hungary; A.Bozoki &Á.Simon Immigrants; C.Bertossi Incompatibility; G.Marrel Ineligibility; G.Marrel & R.Payre Interest Groups; H.Michel Internal Elections in the European Parliament; O.Costa Internet; V.Serfaty Investiture of the Commission; P.Magnette Ireland; K.G.Lutz & A.Warleigh Issues; J.Gerstlé Italy; C.Bouillaud Journalists; P.Juhem Latvia; S.Harrison Left; G.Grunberg Lithuania; S.Harrison Lobbying; H.Michel Longevity; G.Marrel & R.Payre Luxembourg (City and Institutions); P.Hausemer Luxembourg (Country); P.Hausemer Malta; S.Tebbakh MEP [Member of the European Parliament] (Legal Aspects); J-L.Quermonne MEP [Member of the European Parliament] (Sociology of); W.Beauvallet & S.Michon Multi-Level Governance; S.Harrison Nationalisation of European Elections; M.Delassalle Netherlands; C.van der Eijk Null and Void; O.Ihl Observation of Elections; N.Dompnier & O.Ihl Observers; J-M.de Waele Paris Summit; M-T.Bitsch Parity; D.Dulong Parliamentary Assembly; M-T.Bitsch Parliamentary Groups; T.Runio Parliamentary Mandate; O.Costa Partisan Identification; M.Bruter Party of European Socialists (PES); G.Moschonas Poland; F.Zalewski Political Affiliation; E.Henry Political Behaviour; M.Bruter Political Context; P.Juhem Political Identity; M.Bruter Political Market; D.Gaxie Polling Station; E.Henry Populism; Y.Surel Portugal; A.Freire Postal Voting; Y.Déloye Posters; J- O.Barthes Protest Voting; C.Pina Rational Choice; I.Lago Registration; E.Henry Religion; P.Bréchon Remuneration; Y.Déloye &O.Ihl Representation; C.Bouillaud Right to Vote; Y.Déloye Right; F.Haegel Rome Treaty; M-T.Bitsch Second Order Elections; Y.Déloye Slovakia; E.Boisserie Slovenia; A.Kra ovec, D.Lah & S.Kustec-Lipicer Social Europe; D.Bellec Sovereignism; Y.Déloye Spain; G.Colome Strasbourg; W.Beauvallet & S.Michon Sweden; N.Kauppi Symbolism;F.Foret Symbols and Practice of Elections; Y.Déloye Territorial Organisation; A.Laurent Turkey; C.Bertossi United Kingdom; M.Bruter & S.Harrison Universal Suffrage; Y.Déloye Voters; O.Ihl Voting Within the European Parliament; O.Costa Women; M.Sineau Young People; C.Belot Conclusions; M.Bruter, Y.Déloye & S.Harrison

Report

'European elections are troublemakers: they introduce new electoral systems, new constituencies, and new political groups. They create turbulence within parties and between parties. They facilitate the emergence of new cleavages and the fading away of old ones. Thanks to Michael Bruter, Yves Déloye, and several dozen European collaborators, we now get a better understanding of the new invisible hand that is at work in European democracies. This Encyclopaedia is an indispensable tool for political scientists as well as policy-makers.' - Yves Mény, President of the European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Bruter, Yves D. Loye, Yves Deloye
• Assisted by: A Loparo (Editor), Michae Bruter (Editor), Michael Bruter (Editor), Yves Deloye (Editor), Déloye (Editor), Déloye (Editor), Yves Déloye (Editor), Kenneth A. Loparo (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2007
• EAN: 9781403994844
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-9484-4
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 240 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Europa, B, European Politics, Political Science, European Union, Political science & theory, Political Science and International Studies, parliament, EU (European Union), European Union Politics, Elections & referenda, elections, Electoral Politics, multi-level governance, Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen / Wahlrecht, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie, Voting