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• ISBN 10: 019107473X
• ISBN 13: 9780191074738
• Author: Wouter Van Der Brug

When direct elections for the European Parliament were first organized in 1979, the idea was that such direct elections would increase the democratic legitimacy and accountability of the Parliament. Moreover, the elections were expected to raise public interest, engagement and support for the European project. Did these elections help to increase legitimacy and accountability? Did they increase interest in and support for the ‘European project’? Or, did these elections have unintended (and perhaps undesirable) consequences? This volume focuses on the consequences of European elections for public debate and involvement, for party systems, and for public opinion. EP elections have caused a number of intended consequences

Table of contents:

1. Introduction: Consequences of European Elections

Part I. Consequences of European Elections for Public Debate and Political Involvement

2. Do European Elections Create a European Public Sphere?

3. Party Competition and News Coverage of European Parliament Elections

4. Knowing Europe? The Causes and Consequences of (Lacking) Knowledge About the European

5. How Elections to the European Parliament Depress Turnout

Part II. Consequences of European Elections for Party Systems

6. EU Issue Voting in National and European Parliamentary Elections

7. How European Elections Affect National Party Systems: On the Survival of Newly Established

8. Campaigning on or Downplaying European Union Integration? Explaining the Salience Parties

9. Eurosceptic Vote Deviation and the Impact of News Media

Part III. Consequences of European Elections for Attitudes Towards Europe

10. The Negative Effect of Elections to the European Parliament on Diffuse Support for the

11. Talking It Up or Talking It Down? How National Democracy Conditions the Relationship

12. Effects of News Media Coverage on Public Support for European Integration

13. European Elections, Euroscepticism, and Support for Anti‐European Union Parties

14. Conclusion

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