Economic crisis and elections: The European periphery |
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Authors: | Paolo Bellucci Marina Costa Lobo Michael S. Lewis-Beck |
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Affiliation: | 1. Centre for the Study of Political Change-CIRCaP, University of Siena, Italy;2. Social Science Institute, University of Lisbon, Portugal;3. Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper introduces the articles in the symposium which address the issue of democratic accountability and economic voting in polities on the European periphery. The economic crisis that hit the world economy in 2008 has severely challenged the capacity of governments to steer the national economy and has had a strong impact on their electoral support. The papers discuss whether economic voting and democratic accountability are increasing or, on the other hand, they could be depressed by globalisation and by shifts of ruling competence from the national to the supranational European arena. |
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Keywords: | Economic voting Democratic accountability Elections in Europe |
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