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Title:Who stops voting and why? : party ideology shift and voter demobilisation Author(s):PANOV, Trajche EUI affiliated

Date:2016Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2016 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The number of citizens participating at the elections is shrinking, the new cohorts of voters participate less, and the number of voters that used to vote and stop voting is increasing. The aim of this thesis is to investigate ...

Title:The Europeanization of Political Parties: Influencing the Regulations on Political Finance Author(s):WALECKI, MarcinDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/29Abstract:Europe does matter for political parties because of the impact of its rules, directives and norms into the domestic sphere. Drawing on new evidence, this paper sheds light on largely hidden aspects of the Europeanization ...

Title:Political competition and contestability: a study of the barriers to entry in 21 democracies Author(s):BISCHOFF, Carina S.Date:2006Citation: Florence, European University Institute, 2006 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The thesis offers a theoretical clarification of the concept of political competition and an empirical study of one of its defining dimensions, namely contestability. In the first part, the relevant literature is subjected ...

Title:The Institutionalization of Party Systems in East Central Europe: Explaining variation Author(s):CASAL BÉRTOA, FernandoDate:2011Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This dissertation aims at providing an answer to the question of how party system institutionalization occurs and why it varies so much across countries, through a comparative analysis of the process of party system ...

Title:Europe as an issue dimension in the party politics of the Central East European candidate states Author(s):STRATULAT, CorinaDate:2011Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2011 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis focuses on political party discourses and developments vis-à-vis European integration in the former CEE candidate states for EU membership, with particular attention to the case of Romania. Exploring the domestic ...

Title:Why do political parties compete over some issues and remain silent about others? : explaining polity/policy issue competition in the electoral arenas of contemporary European democracies Author(s):WITAJEWSKA-BALTVILKA, BaibaDate:2016Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2016 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Political parties tend to compete over a wide range of issues in their electoral campaigns. Although the choice of issues that parties make can, to a great extent, be explained by several well-established theories (e.g. ...

Title:Exclusive solidarity? : radical right parties and the welfare state Author(s):LEFKOFRIDI, Zoe EUI affiliated

; MICHEL, Elie EUI affiliated

Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/120Abstract:Radical right parties in Western Europe have traditionally shown little support for redistributive policies and have thus been typically classified as economically right wing. Yet, they are contesting the votes of a ...

Title:A la carte: Ukrainian positions on free trade with the EU Author(s):LANGBEIN, JuliaDate:2010Citation: Osteuropa, 2010, 60, 2-4, 359-371 Type:ArticleAbstract:Ukraine is negotiating with the EU on a comprehensive free-trade agreement. The east European country is to adopt the regulations of the EU internal market; in exchange, trade barriers such as tariffs will be dismantled. ...

Title:Government coalitions in multi-level settings: institutional determinants and party strategy Author(s):DAUBLER, Thomas; DEBUS, Marc; STEFURIUC, Irina; KETTUNEN, Pekka; KULL, Michael; DOMORENOK, Ekaterina; COSTA-FONT, Joan; DESCHOUWER, Kris; HOUGH, Dan; VERGE, Tania; WILSON, AlexDate:2009Citation: Regional and federal studies, 2009, 19, 1, 1-183 Type:Article

Title:The changing politics of organised interests Author(s):SCHMITTER, Philippe C. EUI affiliated

Date:2008Citation: West European politics, 2008, 31, 1-2, 195-210 Type:ArticleAbstract:Since the mid-1970s, Western European politics have undergone significant changes - and this has been particularly marked in the arena of 'interest politics'. In this article I list some apodictic statements about these ...

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