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Electoral Punishment and Protest Politics in Times of Crisis
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Abstract This chapter links the political consequences of the Great Recession on protest and electoral politics. The economic voting literature offers important insights on how and under what conditions economic crises play out in the short run. However, it tends to ignore the closely connected dynamics of o... mehr
This chapter links the political consequences of the Great Recession on protest and electoral politics. The economic voting literature offers important insights on how and under what conditions economic crises play out in the short run. However, it tends to ignore the closely connected dynamics of opposition in the electoral and protest arena. Therefore, this chapter combines the literature on economic voting with social movement research. It argues that economic protests act as a ‘signalling mechanism’ by attributing blame to decision-makers and by highlighting the political dimension of deteriorating economic conditions. Ultimately, massive protest mobilization should thus amplify the impact of economic hardship on electoral punishment. The empirical analysis to study this relationship combines the data on protest with a dataset of electoral outcomes in thirty European countries from 2000 to 2015. The results indicate that the dynamics of economic protests and electoral punishment are closely related and that protests contributed to the destabilisation of European party systems during the Great Recession.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Wirtschaftskrise; Rezession; Wahlverhalten; Protest; Opposition; Europa; Parteiensystem
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
economic crisis; economic voting; electoral politics; mainstream parties; political left; protest politics
Titel Sammelwerk, Herausgeber- oder Konferenzband
Contention in Times of Crisis: Recession and Political Protest in Thirty European Countries
Herausgeber
Kriesi, Hanspeter; Lorenzini, Jasmine; Wüest, Bruno; Hausermann, Silja
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Verlag
Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsort
Cambridge
Seitenangabe
S. 227-250
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/240920
ISBN
978-1-108-89166-0
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung