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The elections of May 2011 (Cyprus), June 2011 (Portugal), November 2011 (Spain) and May and June 2012 (Greece) have taken place in a similar context characterised by a deep economic crisis, economic intervention (or the threat of it), high levels of disaffection towards the political elite and unprecedented protests. The next Italian elections that will, in principle, take place in April 2013 will likely be affected by similar circumstances. Some aspects have appeared in all or some of these elections that are worth being analysed in a comparative perspective, in order to distinguish common patterns due to the crisis from others specific of the national context: lower turnout levels, the deep erosion of the incumbents, the fast erosion of their successors, lower support for bigger parties and higher support for smaller (sometimes new) parties, the appearance of antisystemic parties on both sides of - or outside - the traditional ideological spectrum, the convergence of economic proposals on the supply side, the higher influence of economic factors on electoral results… At the same time, there has been a generalised activation of protests in all these countries. The movements behind the protests have, in most cases, articulated discourses in which the role of representative democracy and elections has been central. However, the content and radicalism of these discourses has been different and, therefore, its expected impact on voting, if any, should have been different as well. This panel invites papers analysing electoral results and their aftermath under the light of these factors. The panel is especially interested in comparative papers, although in-depth country analyses will also be considered.
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Role of Voters’ Economic Evaluations in the February 2013 Presidential Elections in the Republic of Cyprus | View Paper Details |
| When Responsibility is Blurred. Italian National Elections in Times of Economic Crisis, Technocratic Government and Ever-Growing Populism | View Paper Details |
| Not With My Vote. Turnout and Economic Crisis in Italy | View Paper Details |
| Hard Times to Win: Explaining the Rise of the Radical Left in the Last Elections in Greece | View Paper Details |
| Economic Voting in a Nationally Complex Setting: The 2012 Catalan Election | View Paper Details |