1st Edition

Elections in Hard Times: Southern Europe 2010-11

Edited By Anna Bosco, Susannah Verney Copyright 2014
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Southern Europe has been at the heart of the European sovereign debt crisis and in the vanguard of the programmes of radical economic austerity implemented to confront it. During the first two crisis years, the consequences for domestic political stability were dramatic. Across the region, 2010-11 saw the overthrow of incumbent governments, the breaking down of established political affiliations... Read more

1. Electoral Epidemic: The Political Cost of Economic Crisis in Southern Europe, 2010 – 11  2. The 2010 Regional Elections in Italy: Another Referendum on Berlusconi  3. The Turkish Cypriot Presidential Election of April 2010: Normalisation of Politics  4. The Eurozone’s First Post-bailout Election: The 2010 Local Government Contest in Greece  5. The 2010 Regional Election in Catalonia: A Multilevel Account in an Age of Economic Crisis  6. The 2011 Portuguese Presidential Elections: Incumbency Advantage in Semi-presidentialism?  7. The Twilight of the Berlusconi Era: Local Elections and National Referendums in Italy, May and June 2011  8. In the Whirlwind of the Economic Crisis: Local and Regional Elections in Spain, May 2011  9. Disengaging Citizens: Parliamentary Elections in the Republic of Cyprus, 22 May 2011  10. After the Bailout: Responsibility, Policy, and Valence in the Portuguese Legislative Election of June 2011  11. No Crisis, No Change: The Third AKP Victory in the June 2011 Parliamentary Elections in Turkey  12. The 2011 General Election in Spain: The Collapse of the Socialist Party

Biography

Anna Bosco is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics and European Government at the University of Trieste and co-editor of the journal South European Society and Politics.

Susannah Verney is Assistant Professor of European Integration at the University of Athens and co-editor of the journal South European Society and Politics.