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  Electoral Punishment and Protest Politics in Times of Crisis

Bremer, B., Hutter, S., & Kriesi, H. (2020). Electoral Punishment and Protest Politics in Times of Crisis. In H. Kriesi, J. Lorenzini, B. Wüest, & S. Hausermann (Eds.), Contention in Times of Crisis: Recession and Political Protest in Thirty European Countries (pp. 227-250). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Item Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0006-DED1-4 Version Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0006-DED2-3
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Bremer, Björn1, Author           
Hutter, Swen2, Author
Kriesi, Hanspeter3, Author
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1Politische Ökonomie von Wachstumsmodellen, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_2489691              
2Free University of Berlin, Germany, ou_persistent22              
3European University Institute, Florence, Italy, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: protest politics; economic crisis; electoral politics; economic voting; mainstream parties; party systems; political left
 Abstract: This chapter links the political consequences of the Great Recession on protest and electoral politics. The economic voting literature offers important insights on how and under what conditions economic crises play out in the short run. However, it tends to ignore the closely connected dynamics of opposition in the electoral and protest arena. Therefore, this chapter combines the literature on economic voting with social movement research. It argues that economic protests act as a ‘signalling mechanism’ by attributing blame to decision-makers and by highlighting the political dimension of deteriorating economic conditions. Ultimately, massive protest mobilization should thus amplify the impact of economic hardship on electoral punishment. The empirical analysis to study this relationship combines the data on protest with a dataset of electoral outcomes in thirty European countries from 2000 to 2015. The results indicate that the dynamics of economic protests and electoral punishment are closely related and that protests contributed to the destabilisation of European party systems during the Great Recession.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2020
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1017/9781108891660.011
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Title: Contention in Times of Crisis: Recession and Political Protest in Thirty European Countries
Source Genre: Collected Edition
 Creator(s):
Kriesi, Hanspeter1, Editor
Lorenzini, Jasmine2, Editor
Wüest, Bruno3, Editor
Hausermann, Silja2, Editor
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1 European University Institute, Florence, Italy, ou_persistent22            
2 Université de Genève, Switzerland, ou_persistent22            
3 Universität Zürich, Switzerland, ou_persistent22            
Publ. Info: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 227 - 250 Identifier: ISBN: 978-1-108-83511-4
ISBN: 978-1-108-79970-6
DOI: 10.1017/9781108891660