Overview
- Uniquely approaches European parliamentary elections exclusively within the geopolitical space of the former communist countries that have recently become EU members
- Provides a comparative understanding of major topics related to elections, voting behaviour, media coverage and political communication
- Features contributions from respected scholars who cover 8 different countries
Part of the book series: Political Campaigning and Communication (PCC)
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This book tackles the 2014 European Parliamentary election as an event, phenomenon and process from an interdisciplinary but coherent perspective. This edited volume includes research by prestigious academics from the former communist countries in question, all of which have only recently become EU members. The contributors consider whether there is a crisis of Euroscepticism, or, for that matter, extremism of any kind in each country discussed. In doing so, the volume seeks to analyse the future of the European Union itself. It will appeal to scholars and graduate students interested in elections and voting behaviour, comparative European politics, and political communication.
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Keywords
- electoral campaign
- European agenda
- national agenda
- political advertising
- second order elections
- media coverage
- European union
- 2014 European Parliamentary electon
- European parliament
- Eurosceptism
- crisis
- democracy
- elections
- Europe
- European Parliament
- parliament
- political science
- politics
- european union politics
Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Media Coverage and Political Marketing
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European vs. National Agenda
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Ideological Premises, Candidates‘ Recruitment, Vote Results
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Reviews
“This collection of essays offers unique snapshots of national contests within nations facing challenges for the embedding of democracy. … The rich coverage and insightful data within the essays raise particularly important questions for consideration for the study of the future of democracy in Europe. Hence this work represents a must read for scholars and practitioners in this important field of human endeavour and the book a timely and welcome contribution to the Palgrave Political Communication and Campaigning series.” (Darren G. Lilleker, Medijske Studije, Vol. 7 (14), 2016) “This book is a valuable cross-national investigation of the media’s agenda-setting role, of voters’ social identities, and of the political party systems in the countries examined (Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary).” (Professor Daniela Rovența-Frumușani, University of Bucharest, Romania)
“The focus on the political campaigns, media coverage, national versus European perspectives, and the vote, makes this volume a very comprehensive book on the 2014 European Parliament elections in a region where our collective knowledge is finally brought up to date.” (Professor Claes H. de Vreese, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ruxandra Boicu is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania, where she is Head of the MA on Media and Communication. She has authored Dezbaterea electorală televizată [The Televised Electoral Debate] (2011) and other books and scholarly articles on political discourse, gender studies, verbal interaction in blogging, and diasporic media.
Silvia Branea is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania. Her research interests include political communication, gender studies, and globalization. She has participated in prestigious international projects and is the author/co-author of several books and articles, including “Romanian Journalists and Politics in 2004”.
Adriana Ștefănel is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania. She won a postdoctoral scholarship in 2015 from University of Bucharest Research Institute to conduct research on populism and political discourse. She is the author of When the Stranger Become the Enemy: The Image of the Est-Europeans in Western-Europe Political Discourse (2014).Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Communication and European Parliamentary Elections in Times of Crisis
Book Subtitle: Perspectives from Central and South-Eastern Europe
Editors: Ruxandra Boicu, Silvia Branea, Adriana Stefanel
Series Title: Political Campaigning and Communication
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58591-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58590-5Published: 06 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58591-2Published: 30 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-589X
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5903
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 291
Topics: Democracy, Political Communication, European Union Politics, Electoral Politics