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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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
economic crisis; recession; voting behavior; protest; opposition; Europe; party system
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
economic crisis; economic voting; electoral politics; mainstream parties; political left; protest politics
Collection Title
Contention in Times of Crisis: Recession and Political Protest in Thirty European Countries
Editor
Kriesi, Hanspeter; Lorenzini, Jasmine; Wüest, Bruno; Hausermann, Silja
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
Cambridge
Page/Pages
p. 227-250
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/240920
ISBN
978-1-108-89166-0
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications