Encyclopaedia of European Elections

The volume includes entries on each country, each political party group in the European Parliament, and over 140 political, historical, sociological, philosophical, and legal aspects of the elections. Leading scholars cover a wide variety of topics and provide readers with a full set of tools to understand this act of democratic participation.

'European elections are troublemakers: they introduce new electoral systems, new constituencies, and new political groups. They create turbulence within parties and between parties. They facilitate the emergence of new cleavages and the fading away of old ones. Thanks to Michael Bruter, Yves Déloye, and several dozen European collaborators, we now get a better understanding of the new invisible hand that is at work in European democracies. This Encyclopaedia is an indispensable tool for political scientists as well as policy-makers.' - Yves Mény, President of the European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

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STÉPHANIE ABRIAL CNRS (PACTE-CIDSP), Grenoble, France JACQUES-OLIVIER BARTHES CRPS, Strasbourg, France STEFANO BARTOLINI European University Institute, Florence, Italy WILLY BEAUVALLET PRISME-GSPE, Strasbourg, France DOMINIQUE BELLEC PRISME-GSPE, Strasbourg, France CÉLINE BELOT CNRS (PACTE-CIDSP, Grenoble), France CHRISTOPHE BERTOSSI IFRI, Paris, France GILLES BERTRAND Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, France MARIE-THÉRÈSE BITSCH IHEE Robert Schumann, Strasbourg, France ETIENNE BOISSERIE INALCO, Paris, France CHRISTOPHE BOUILLAUD Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, France ANDRÁS BOZOKI Central European University, Budapest, Hungary PIERRE BRECHON Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, France MICHAEL BRUTER London School of Economics and Political Science, UK BRUNO CAUTRES CNRS (PACTE-CIDSP), Grenoble, France GABRIEL COLOME GARCIA Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain OLIVIER COSTA CNRS (CERVL), Bordeaux, France MARINE DELASSALLE Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg, France YVES DÉLOYE Université Paris I Sorbonne, France PASCAL DELWIT Université Libre de Bruxelles, France SANDRINE DEVAUX CNRS (EHESS), Paris, France NATHALIE DOMPNIER Université d'Avignon, France DELPHINE DULONG Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, France FLORENCE FAUCHER-KING FNSP, Paris, France FRANÇOIS FORET Université Libre de Bruxelles, France MARK FRANKLIN Trinity College Hartford, UK ANDRE FREIRE ISCTE, University of Lisbon,Portugal DANIEL GAXIE Université Paris I Sorbonne, France JACQUES GERSTLE Université Paris I Sorbonne, France KARIN GILLIAND LUTZ Universitat Bern, Switzerland FABIENNE GREFFET Université Nancy II, France GÉRARD GRUNBERG CNRS (CRPS), Paris, France FLORENCE HAEGEL FNSP, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, France ROBERT HARMSEN Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland SARAH HARRISON London School of Economics and Political Science, UK MICHAEL HASTINGS Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lille, France PIERRE HAUSEMER London School of Economics and Political Science, UK EMMANUEL HENRY Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg, France OLIVIER IHL Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, France PHILIPPE JUHEM Université Robert Schumann, Strasbourg, France NIILO KAUPPI University of Helsinki, Finland ALENKA KRA OVEC University of Ljubljana, Slovenia IGNACIO LAGO PEÑAS Juan March Institut Madrid, Spain DAMJAN LAJH University of Ljubljana, Slovenia ANNIE LAURENT CNRS (CERAPS), Lille, France JEAN-BAPTISTE LEGAVRE Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, France SIMONA KUSTEC LIPICER University of Ljubljana, Slovenia VALÉRIE LOZAC'H Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg, France PAUL MAGNETTE Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium GUILLAUME MARREL Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, France GAIL McELROY Trinity College Dublin, Ireland HÉLÈNE MICHEL Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg, France SÉBASTIEN MICHON PRISME-GSPE,Strasbourg, France EVALD MIKKEL University of Tartu, Estonia GERASSIMOS MOSCHONAS Panteion University Athens, Greece ANNE MUXEL CNRS (CRPS), Paris, France CATHERINE NEVEU CNRS-LAIOS, Paris, France RENAUD PAYRE Université Lyon II, France KARINA PEDERSEN University of København, Denmark PASCAL PERRINEAU CNRS (CRPS), Paris, France CHRISTINE PINA Université de Nice, France SONJA PUNTSCHER RIECKMANN Universitat Salzburg, Austria JEAN-LOUIS QUERMONNE Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, France TAPIO RAUNIO University of Tampere, Finland TUDOR-ANDREJ RAUTU PRISME-GSPE, Strasbourg, France HERRMANN SCHMITT Unversitat Mannheim (MZES), Germany DANIEL-LOUIS SEILER Institut d'Etudes Politiques d'Aix en Provence, France VIVIANE SERFATY Université de Marne la Vallée, France AGNES SIMON Independent Researcher, Budapest, Hungary MARIETTE SINEAU CNRS (CRPS) Paris, France PHILIP STÖVER Universitat Heidelberg, Germany SYLVIE STRUDEL Université de Tours, France SONIA TEBBAKH CNRS (PACTE-CIDSP), Grenoble, France CEES VAN DER EIJK University of Nottingham, UK CÉDRIC VAN DE WALLE Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium CAROLINE VAN WYNSBERGHE Université Catholique de Louvain, France JEAN-MICHEL DE WAELE Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium ALEX WARLEIGH University of Limerick, Ireland LIEVEN DE WINTER Université Catholique de Louvain, France ANDREAS WÜST Universitat Mannheim (MZES), Germany FRÉDÉRIC ZALEWSKI, LASP, France JACQUES ZILLER

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Introduction: Voting for a European Parliament: A European Civic Act?; M.Bruter & Y.Deloye Mapping European Politics: An Introduction to European Electoral Geography; M.Bruter Abstention; F.Greffet Act of 1976; M-T.Bitsch Advertising; J-O.Barthes Age; A.Muxel Austria; S.Puntscher-Riekmann Ballot Paper; Y.Déloye & O.Ihl Ballot Secrecy; N.Dompnier Belgium; P.Delwit Brussels; C.van Wynsberghe Campaign (Sociology of); J.Gerstlé Campaign Accounts; O.Ihl Citizen; S.Strudel Civil Society; H.Michel Cleavages; S.Bartolini Communication; P.Juhem Composition of the European Parliament; W.Beauvallet & S.Michon Compulsory Voting; Y.Déloye Cyprus; G.Bertrand Czech Republic; S.Devaux Data Archives; B.Cautrès Democratic Deficit; P.Magnette Denmark; K.Pedersen Deposit; N.Dompnier Dual Mandates; G.Marrel Election Programmes; O.Ihl Electoral Administration; O.Ihl Electoral Cycles; H.Schmitt Electoral Education; Y.Déloye Electoral List; O.Ihl Electoral Operations; O.Ihl Electoral Strategy; P.Juhem Electoral System; P.Stöver & A.Wüst Electoral Technology; O.Ihl Eligibility; S.Strudel Enlargement; J-M. de Waele Estonia; E.Mikkel Eurobarometer; B.Cautrès European Commission; O.Costa European Constitution; J.Ziller European Convention; J.Ziller European Democratic Union (EDU); S.Abrial European Election (2004); M.Hastings European Elections (1979-1999); P.Perrineau European Election Study; M.Franklin European Electoral Act; Y.Déloye &O.Ihl European Electoral Sociology; M.Bruter European Federation of Green Parties; C.van de Walle European Free Alliance (EFA); L.de Winter European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR); L.de Winter European Parliament; G.McElroy European People's Party (EPP); A-T.Rautu European Political Parties; D-L.Seiler European Public Opinion; J-B.Legavre European Public Sphere; C.Neveu European Referenda; C.Belot Europeanisation; R.Harmsen Euroscepticism; R.Harmsen Extreme Left; S.Harrison Extreme Right; S.Harrison Federations of Political Parties; P.DelwitFinancing; O.Ihl Finland; N.Kauppi Forecast; M.Bruter France; A.Laurent Fraud; N.Dompnier Germany; V.Lozac'h Greece; G.Bertrand Green Politics; F.Faucher-King Hungary; A.Bozoki &Á.Simon Immigrants; C.Bertossi Incompatibility; G.Marrel Ineligibility; G.Marrel & R.Payre Interest Groups; H.Michel Internal Elections in the European Parliament; O.Costa Internet; V.Serfaty Investiture of the Commission; P.Magnette Ireland; K.G.Lutz & A.Warleigh Issues; J.Gerstlé Italy; C.Bouillaud Journalists; P.Juhem Latvia; S.Harrison Left; G.Grunberg Lithuania; S.Harrison Lobbying; H.Michel Longevity; G.Marrel & R.Payre Luxembourg (…