Contemporary Voting in Europe Patterns and Trends [Hardcover]

This book provides an original, international and multidisciplinary perspective on the recent and extensive political and constitutional changes in Europe. The contributors cover changes from several key European countries, whether European Union members, applicant members, non-EU members or potentially former members, namely France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Spain, the Western Balkans and Switzerland. The volume offers a rare understanding of contemporary European societies by examining how peoples choices as citizens and voters have influenced and can influence those changes and thus make a difference via elections and referendums. It will appeal to students and scholars of European studies, comparative politics, and voting behaviour, as well as to the wider readership interested in current affairs and European issues.?

Foreword;?Professor Kenneth O. Morgan, FBA.-?Introduction;?Alexis Chommeloux and Elizabeth Gibson-Morgan.-?1.?The significance and impact of the United Kingdom 2014 European Elections;?Elizabeth Gibson-Morgan.-?2.?Exploring the Americanisation of French politics; Alexis Chommeloux.-?3.?The case of Denmark: Voting, the European Union and the Constitution; Peter?Gj?rtler.-?4. Constitutionalizing electoral politics: Democracy in the German?Republic; Julian Kr?per.-?5. Podemos: the emergence of a new political party in Spain; Helo?se Nez.-?6.?Direct Democracy in Switzerland: Trends, Challenges and the Quest for Solutions; Maya Hertig-Randall.-?7. Voting in the Western Balkans; Vojislav Pavlovi.-?8. Elections to the European Parliament; Jean Rossetto.-?Index.

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Alexis Chommeloux is Dean of the Literature, Linguistics and Languages Faculty (Facult? de Lettres et Langues) of the University of Tours, France, where he is also Senior Lecturer of Law and Languages. His current research pertains mainly to contemporary l“0