Introduction to the special issue
No longer second-order? Explaining the European Parliament elections of 2019
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7973540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katjana Gattermann (0000-0002-4258-3588), Claes H De Vreese (0000-0002-4962-1698), Wouter Van Der Brug (0000-0003-4117-1255) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 423-432 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02633957211035096 |
| OpenAlex | W3193582690 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 43 |
The dominant perspective of European Parliament (EP) elections is that these are second-order national elections where little is at stake. This Special Issue asks whether this perspective is still valid in view of increased politicisation of European integration and in view of the higher turnout levels at the last EP elections. This introduction provides a general framework for the Special Issue and reflects upon some of its main findings. We argue that EP elections can only be considered first-order if they are primarily about the policies, rather than the polity. Some of the contributions in this Special Issue suggest that this is indeed the case. We reflect upon this and argue that there are reasons to expect that EP elections will become first-order elections in the future
Economics · General election · Law and economics · Order (exchange · Parliament · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Positive economics · Sociology · Turnout · Voting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
“Don’t Know, Don’t Care?” How information and institutional reform affect voting in supranational elections
Policy or polity? Experimental evidence on voters’ information priorities in European parliament elections
Testing Europe Salience and Second-Order Election Theories
Using web archives for an explorative study of the web presence of German parties during the European election 2019
The 2024 European Parliament elections in Greece
Second-order elections under strain
Exploring Engagement With EU News on Facebook
Great minds think alike? A new measure of MEPs–voters congruence following the 2019 European Parliament elections
Conceptualising politicisation as activity
The differential impact of EU attitudes on voting behaviour in the European parliamentary elections 2019
Eine Frage der Perspektive
The role of procedural fairness in EU legitimacy
Pics or it didn’t happen! EU institutions’ visual communication and user engagement on Facebook and Instagram
A Representative European Parliament? Members of European Parliamentary Party Groups and the Representation of Citizens' Preferences
The EU as a democratic polity in a geopolitical world
The role of key European issues in the 2024 election campaign
The 2024 European Parliament elections in Portugal
Giorgia Meloni succeeds in a second-order contest
Second-order Economic Voting in Elections to the European Parliament
Awakening the Europhile Giant
The 2024 European parliament elections in Ireland
The imbalanced effect of politicization
The role of far-right party performance in shaping disinformation concerns of European voters
The illusion of convergence? Exploring the patterns of (de-) politicisation of Russia’s war against Ukraine in the European Parliament
The second-order model revisited
The dynamics of EU policymaking in the Covid-19 crisis
The youth gender gap in support for the far right
Transcending the National
Choosing Europe?
Evaluations of the Spitzenkandidaten
The Spitzenkandidaten in the European Parliament Election Campaign Coverage 2014 in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom
European Parliament Elections of May 2014
Debating Europe
Introduction
Second-Rate Election Campaigning? An Analysis of Campaign Styles in European Parliamentary Elections
Why Do Citizens Not Turn Out? The Effect of Election-Specific Knowledge on Turnout in European Elections in Eastern Europe
Introduction
The limited impact of Europe on national party systems
Punishment or Protest? Understanding European Parliament Elections
Productivity-based retrospective voting
When do parties put Europe in the centre? Evidence from the 2019 European Parliament election campaign
The Europeanness of the 2019 European Parliament elections and the mobilising power of European issues
Still second-order? European elections in the era of populism, extremism, and Euroscepticism
Indifferent and Eurosceptic
The interplay between parties and media in putting EU issues on the agenda
Put in the spotlight or largely ignored? Emphasis on the Spitzenkandidaten by political parties in their online campaigns for European elections
This time it’s different? Effects of the Eurovision Debate on young citizens and its consequence for EU democracy – evidence from a quasi-experiment in 24 countries
Cleavage theory meets Europe’s crises
Politicizing Europe in the National Electoral Arena
The Politicization of European Integration
Media Personalization during European Elections
Political parties and the EU in national election campaigns
Supranational, National and Local Dimensions of Voter Turnout in European Parliament Elections
National parties as politicizers of EU integration? Party campaign communication in the run-up to the 2009 European Parliament election
What type of Europe? The salience of polity and policy issues in European Parliament elections
Do Spitzenkandidaten really make a difference? An experiment on the effectiveness of personalized European Parliament election campaigns
Does personalization increase turnout? Spitzenkandidaten in the 2014 European Parliament elections
This time I’m (not) voting
The Role of European Integration in National Election Campaigns
Electoral responses to the increased contestation over European integration. The European Elections of 2019 and beyond
Nine Second‐order National Elections – A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of European Election Results
The Europeanization of national elections. The role of country characteristics in shaping EU issue voting
Party contestation and Europe on the news agenda
The effect of generation and age on turnout to the European Parliament – How turnout will continue to decline in the future
A Vote Against Europe? Explaining Defection at the 1999 and 2004 European Parliament Elections
Do Spitzenkandidaten debates matter? Effects on voters’ cognitions and evaluations of candidates and issues
Illiberal democratic attitudes and support for the EU
Informing the Public
EU Issue Voting
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |