The European Parliament Election of 2019 in East-Central Europe: Second-Order Euroscepticism

by Vït Hlousek, Petr Kaniok

Overview

This book provides an analysis of the European Parliament elections 2019 with a focus on East-Central European countries. The authors offer conceptual insights into Euroscepticism and discuss traditionally familiar concepts in a new light, pairing East-Central European Euroscepticism with visions of illiberal democracy, on the one hand, and showing the increasing Europeanisation of Eurosceptic parties in the region, on the other. The book combines a fresh and innovative conceptual treatment with rich and accurate empirical evidence in order to highlight the dynamics of Euroscepticism in "new" EU member states. Students and experts interested in EU politics, within academia and beyond, will find this volume particularly informative.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030408572
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	06/04/2020
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	297
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Vít Hloušek is Professor of European Politics at the Department of International Relations and European Studies and Head of the International Institute of Political Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.

Petr Kaniok is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations and European Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.

Table of Contents

1. Theorizing East Central European Euroscepticism in the Light of the European Parliament Elections (Vít Hloušek and Petr Kaniok).- 2. Republic of Bulgaria (Dragomir Stoyanov and Plamen Ralchev).- 3. Croatia (Goran Čular and Marijana Grbeša).- 4. Czech Republic (Vít Hloušek and Petr Kaniok).- 5. Estonia (Piret Ehin, Tõnis Saarts, and Mari-Liis Jakobson).- 6. Hungary (Krisztina Arato).- 7. Latvia (Daunis Auers).- 8. Lithuania (Liutauras Gudžinskas and Tomas Bekišas).- 9. Poland (Aleks Szczerbiak).- 10. Romania (Sorina Soare and Claudiu D. Tufiș).- 11. Slovakia (Marek Rybář).- 12. Slovenia (Alenka Krašovec and Damjan Lajh).- 13. Euroscepticism, parties, voters and politicisation in the 2019 campaigns for the European Parliament elections in Central and Eastern Europe (Vít Hloušek and Petr Kaniok).

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This highly informative volume shows that the numerous countries belonging to the CEE region present attitudes toward the EU that are more assorted than their straightforward grouping in one single category would probably suggest. It is therefore possible that their classification as one group of countries responds more to broad geopolitical considerations than to objective criteria about their interests and stance within the EU, in this sense the authors open a completely new perspective on EU studies and research on Euroscepticism.” (Nicolò Conti, Professor of Political Science, Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)

“This book seamlessly weaves together a number of key issues in European politics: Euroscepticism, elections to the European Parliament, and party politics in Central and Eastern Europe. It is penetrating in its analysis and wide-ranging in its coverage of countries. Highly recommended for scholars of EU politics, party politics, Central andEastern Europe, and electoral processes alike.” (Sebastiaan Princen, Associate Professor, Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

“Bringing together leading experts from the region, this book addresses key political developments in Central and Eastern Europe through the lens of the 2019 European Parliament elections. Thoroughly researched, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the rich diversity of the politics of the region. It demonstrates that, rather than a unified block, the countries of the region provide a plethora of contexts that need to be taken into account in order to understand the dynamics of European integration.” (Jan Rovný, Associate Professor, Sciences Po, Paris, France)