Tag: mainstream parties

To cite the article: Crulli, M., & Albertazzi, D. (2024). The ‘mainstream’ in contemporary Europe: a bi-dimensional and operationalisable conceptualisation. West European Politics, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2024.2359841 The article is open access and can be accessed here. Abstract The aim of this article is twofold. Firstly, it offers a new definition of ‘mainstream’. Moving beyond understandings of the concept that focus exclusively on parties’ alternation in power, or their ideology/message, the article’s conceptualisation considers both supply and demand sides of politics. Hence, an attitudinal component to functional...

To cite the article: Carrieri, L., & Angelucci, D. (2021). The Valence Side of the EU: EU Issue Voting in the Aftermath of the Eurozone Crisis. Swiss Political Science Review, 00, 1– 20. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12492 The article is open access and can be accessed here. Abstract In the aftermath of the Euro crisis, EU issues have increasingly affected electoral behaviour, explaining a sizable shift in votes from the Europhile to Eurosceptic parties. This paper advances the argument that EU issue voting is not entirely encompassed in a divisive (pro-/anti-) EU dimension, testing the hypothesis that a EU valence voting is currently conditioning electoral behaviour. In particular, we posit that voters support parties...