The Europeanization of politics the formation of a European electorate and party system in historical perspective

In a broadly comparative, historical and quantitative analysis, this study reveals the unity of European electorates and party systems. Investigating thirty countries in Western and Central-Eastern Europe over 150 years of electoral history, the author shows the existence of common alignments and pa...

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Main Author: Caramani, Daniele, 1968- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press cop. 2015
Edition:1st. ed
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Table of Contents:
  • Electoral integration in Europe
  • Framework
  • Theoretical framework: Europeanization in historical perspective
  • Research design: European party families and party systems analysis
  • Homogeneity: convergence and deviation in European electoral development, 1848-2012
  • Uniformity: electoral waves and electoral swings across Europe, 1848-2012
  • Correspondence: overlapping vs. distinctive electorates in national and European elections, 1974-2012
  • Cohesion: ideological convergence within European party families, 1945-2009
  • Closure: the Europeanization of cabinet and coalition politics, 1945-2009
  • Sources of Europeanization: supra-, within- and trans-national explanations toward European-wide representation.