dc.contributor.author | ZAPRYANOVA, Galina | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-26T10:12:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-07-26T10:12:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1830-7728 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/18234 | |
dc.description.abstract | What accounts for the electoral successes of Eurosceptic and populist political parties in Central and
East Europe? Citizens in the region have expressed their support for these types of parties in recent
elections while, at the same time, aggregate levels of support for EU membership and trust in EU
institutions remain high. EU-centered explanations for the growing popularity of these parties have
focused on the dissatisfaction of citizens with specific aspects of European integration such as
economic reforms, perceived loss of sovereignty or the strict requirements regarding protection of
minorities. This paper proposes an alternative causal explanation by establishing a relationship
between perceptions of domestic political corruption, mainstream party convergence and citizens’
growing support for populist and Eurosceptic parties. By choosing to support these parties citizens in
the region are, in fact, casting a protest vote against domestic political elites. A public opinion survey
from Bulgaria and the Czech Republic is utilized to test these hypotheses. Results suggest that
perceptions of political corruption and the similarity of mainstream political parties play a large role in
determining vote choice. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | EUI MWP | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2011/21 | EN |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | Euroscepticism | en |
dc.subject | Populism | en |
dc.subject | EU membership | en |
dc.subject | Voting choice | en |
dc.subject | Corruption | en |
dc.title | Party Competition, Corruption and Electoral Behaviour in the new EU Member States | en |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
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