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Why are migration policies sometimes heavily contested and high on
the political agenda? And why do they, at other moments and in
other countries, hardly lead to much public debate? The entrance
and settlement of migrants in Western Europe has prompted various
political reactions. In some countries anti-immigration parties
have gained substantial public support while in others migration
policies have been hardly controversial. The Politicisation of
Migration examines the differences between seven Western European
countries by developing a conceptual framework to empirically
explain patterns of politicisation and de-politicisation. The
analyses show that over the past decade immigration has been
increasingly defined in socio-cultural terms and that it has been
receiving less political attention since the economic crisis
started in 2007. This book also looks at the role of mainstream
parties and political actors in the process of politicisation, and
demonstrates how the role of 'challengers' is more limited than
often assumed. Contributing to literatures on migration, party
politics and agenda-setting, the book will be of interest to
students and scholars in the fields of politics and migration
studies.
Why are migration policies sometimes heavily contested and high on
the political agenda? And why do they, at other moments and in
other countries, hardly lead to much public debate? The entrance
and settlement of migrants in Western Europe has prompted various
political reactions. In some countries anti-immigration parties
have gained substantial public support while in others migration
policies have been hardly controversial. The Politicisation of
Migration examines the differences between seven Western European
countries by developing a conceptual framework to empirically
explain patterns of politicisation and de-politicisation. The
analyses show that over the past decade immigration has been
increasingly defined in socio-cultural terms and that it has been
receiving less political attention since the economic crisis
started in 2007. This book also looks at the role of mainstream
parties and political actors in the process of politicisation, and
demonstrates how the role of 'challengers' is more limited than
often assumed. Contributing to literatures on migration, party
politics and agenda-setting, the book will be of interest to
students and scholars in the fields of politics and migration
studies.
This book analyzes how the behavior of voters, parties, and the
mass media in European Parliament elections affects domestic
politics and how, in turn, domestic politics affects those
behaviors. The contributors discuss election turnout and party
choice, the contract between the European Parliament and national
elections, the importance of citizens' attitudes toward European
integration, the relationship between political parties' domestic
policies and their stances on European integration, and the ways in
which the mass media and election campaigns affect electoral
outcomes. On the basis of this information, the authors present
possible scenarios for future European elections and their
relationship to the domestic politics of the EU member-states. The
product of superb empirical research, European Elections and
Domestic Politics is based on a unique combination of data from
voter surveys, party manifestos, and mass media reports across all
members of the European Union. This book will be essential for
anyone interested in the future of the EU.
Economic conditions are said to affect election outcomes, but past
research has produced unstable and contradictory findings. This
book argues that these problems are caused by the failure to take
account of electoral competition between parties. A research
strategy to correct this problem is designed and applied to
investigate effects of economic conditions on (individual) voter
choices and (aggregate) election outcomes over 42 elections in 15
countries. It shows that economic conditions exert small effects on
individual party preferences, which can have large consequences for
election outcomes. In countries where responsibility for economic
policy is clear, voters vote retrospectively and reward or punish
incumbent parties - although in coalition systems smaller
government parties often gain at the expense of the largest party
when economic conditions deteriorate. Where clarity of
responsibility for economic policy is less clear, voters vote more
prospectively on the basis of expected party policies.
Economic conditions are said to affect election outcomes, but past
research has produced unstable and contradictory findings. This
book argues that these problems are caused by the failure to take
account of electoral competition between parties. A research
strategy to correct this problem is designed and applied to
investigate effects of economic conditions on (individual) voter
choices and (aggregate) election outcomes over 42 elections in 15
countries. It shows that economic conditions exert small effects on
individual party preferences, which can have large consequences for
election outcomes. In countries where responsibility for economic
policy is clear, voters vote retrospectively and reward or punish
incumbent parties - although in coalition systems smaller
government parties often gain at the expense of the largest party
when economic conditions deteriorate. Where clarity of
responsibility for economic policy is less clear, voters vote more
prospectively on the basis of expected party policies.
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