The 2009 elections to the European Parliament [Elektronisk resurs] / Edited by Juliet Lodge.

• PART I: INTRODUCTION The European Parliament 2004-2009-- R.Corbett Irrelevant and Obsolete: The European Parliament and Voters in Perspective-- J.Lodge The 2009 European Parliamentary Elections and the Party Groups-- S.Lightfoot PART II: COUNTRY CASE REVIEWS Austria-- D.Nagel Belgium-- A.Justaert Bulgaria-- A.Dobreva Cyprus-- C.Christophorou Czech Republic-- L.Rovna Denmark-- F.J.Christiansen & J.Christensen Estonia-- T.Mayer Finland-- T.Raunio France-- P.Maliere Germany-- C.Schweiger Greece-- K.Sarikakis Hungary-- A.L.Pap & B.Horvathy Ireland-- E.Moxon-Browne Italy-- D.Viola Latvia-- D.Auers Lithuania-- S.Braghiroli Luxembourg-- D.Hearl Malta-- H.Frendo The Netherlands-- A.Sprokerreef Poland-- A.Szczerbiak Portgual-- J.M.Magone Romania-- E.Maxfield Slovakia-- L.Rovna Slovenia-- A.KraA!ovec & D.Lajh Spain-- F.S.Perez Sweden-- M.Rosen & A.Sannerstedt The United Kingdom-- D.Mather PART III: CONCLUSION Framing and Salience of Issues in the 2009 European Elections-- F.S.Perez & J.Lodge Results.

• An analysis of the 2009 European elections in each of the 27 member states of the newly enlarged European Union, and assessment of the European Parliament in 2004-2009. This book looks at the implications of low turnout for the future of European Union democracy and accountability. -- The 2009 Elections to the European Parliament looks at the elections in each of the 27 member states of the newly enlarged European Union, and is an assessment of the European Parliament in 2004-2009. It asks whether the elections were irrelevant and inconsequential. Thirty years after the first Euro elections in 1979, what efforts were made to mobilize the electorate? Was the European Commission's Communicating Europe strategy, which included blogs, targeting young voters using digital media, and MEPs on Europarl TV, a waste of time? Did the Dutch and French negative referendums on a new EU constitution affect the results? The contributors to this volume examine the Euro elections in each member state, criticising some commonly held assumptions. Common themes and the overall results are analyzed, along with the role of the European Parliament's party groups, and that of the transnational party federations. 

Ämnesord

Elections  -- European Union countries. (LCSH)

Politics and Government.  (eflch)

European Union countries  -- Politics and government -- 21st century. (LCSH)

Institutionsnamn

European Parliament.

European Union.

European Parliament -- Elections, 2009.

European Union -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

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