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In the aftermath of disruptive electoral and political developments
such as the Brexit referendum and the election of Donald Trump, six
important European countries went to the polls between 2017 and
2018. This book presents the results of the Issue Competition
Comparative Project (ICCP), which analysed these six elections
through a focus on post-ideological issue competition, leveraging a
fresh theoretical perspective – and innovative data collection
and analysis methods – emerging from issue yield theory. The
contributors to this volume cast a new light on electoral
developments that have affected Western Europe in recent years,
pointing to the key distinction between problem-solvers (parties
and leaders that leverage their technocratic competence, and
present a consensual, win-win view of contemporary transformations)
and conflict mobilizers (that instead invest on the mobilization of
conflict emerging from these transformations), as well as to the
ability of some actors to mobilize voters across traditional
ideological boundaries. In this light, parties commonly identified
as "populist" simply emerge distinctively as cross-ideological
conflict mobilizers; but mainstream parties appear vital and
competitive as well, when they properly identify and leverage their
issue advantages. Thus, the fate of democracy in Western Europe
does not appear doomed to a triumph of populist appeals, but rather
openly depending on the ability of political parties to leverage
issue opportunities that emerge from societal demands and needs.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special
issue of West European Politics.
In the aftermath of disruptive electoral and political developments
such as the Brexit referendum and the election of Donald Trump, six
important European countries went to the polls between 2017 and
2018. This book presents the results of the Issue Competition
Comparative Project (ICCP), which analysed these six elections
through a focus on post-ideological issue competition, leveraging a
fresh theoretical perspective - and innovative data collection and
analysis methods - emerging from issue yield theory. The
contributors to this volume cast a new light on electoral
developments that have affected Western Europe in recent years,
pointing to the key distinction between problem-solvers (parties
and leaders that leverage their technocratic competence, and
present a consensual, win-win view of contemporary transformations)
and conflict mobilizers (that instead invest on the mobilization of
conflict emerging from these transformations), as well as to the
ability of some actors to mobilize voters across traditional
ideological boundaries. In this light, parties commonly identified
as "populist" simply emerge distinctively as cross-ideological
conflict mobilizers; but mainstream parties appear vital and
competitive as well, when they properly identify and leverage their
issue advantages. Thus, the fate of democracy in Western Europe
does not appear doomed to a triumph of populist appeals, but rather
openly depending on the ability of political parties to leverage
issue opportunities that emerge from societal demands and needs.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special
issue of West European Politics.
Over the past three decades the effects of globalization and
denationalization have created a division between 'winners' and
'losers' in Western Europe. This study examines the transformation
of party political systems in six countries (Austria, France,
Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK) using opinion
surveys, as well as newly collected data on election campaigns. The
authors argue that, as a result of structural transformations and
the strategic repositioning of political parties, Europe has
observed the emergence of a tripolar configuration of political
power, comprising the left, the moderate right, and the new
populist right. They suggest that, through an emphasis on cultural
issues such as mass immigration and resistance to European
integration, the traditional focus of political debate - the
economy - has been downplayed or reinterpreted in terms of this new
political cleavage. This new analysis of Western European politics
will interest all students of European politics and political
sociology.
Over the past three decades the effects of globalization and
denationalization have created a division between 'winners' and
'losers' in Western Europe. This study examines the transformation
of party political systems in six countries (Austria, France,
Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK) using opinion
surveys, as well as newly collected data on election campaigns. The
authors argue that, as a result of structural transformations and
the strategic repositioning of political parties, Europe has
observed the emergence of a tripolar configuration of political
power, comprising the left, the moderate right, and the new
populist right. They suggest that, through an emphasis on cultural
issues such as mass immigration and resistance to European
integration, the traditional focus of political debate - the
economy - has been downplayed or reinterpreted in terms of this new
political cleavage. This new analysis of Western European politics
will interest all students of European politics and political
sociology.
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