The 2014 European Parliament elections in Southern Europe: Second-order or critical elections?

• Autores: Hermann Schmitt, Eftichia Teperoglou
• Localización: The 2014 European Parliament elections in Southern Europe: Still second-order or critical contests? / Hermann Schmitt (ed. lit.), Eftichia Teperoglou (ed. lit.), 2016, ISBN 9781138656895, págs. 1-23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article provides a comparative analysis o the 2014 European Parliament elections across the six coutries of Southern Europe by gauging the performance of the second-order election model. Both the aggregate hypotheses of this model and evidence of micro-level foundations are analysed. The findings reveal that the political and electoral consequences of the economic crisis have not drastically challenged the second-order character of these elections in Southern Europe. However, electoral behaviour also exhibits some indications of a more critical contest.