European Elections and Domestic Politics: Lessons from the Past and Scenarios for the Future

Contributors

Contributors Stefano Bartolini is currently Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Florence. Previously he was a professor at the Universities of Bologna, Florence, Trieste, Geneva, and at the European University Institute. In 1990 he was awarded the Stein Rokkan UNESCO Prize and in 2001 the Gregory Luebbert APSA Prize. His most recent publications include The Electoral Mobilisation of the European Left 1880–1980 (Cambridge, 2000), Maggioritario finalmente? La transizione elettorale 1994–2001, edited with R. D’Alimonte (Bologna, 2002), and Restructuring Europe: Centre Formation , System Building and Political Structuring between the Nation State and the EU (Oxford, 2005). Claes H. de Vreese is Professor and Chair of Political Communication and Scientific Director of The Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) in the Department of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam . He is also Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Journalism at the University of Southern Denmark. His work has appeared in international peerreviewed journals, including Communication Research, Journalism Studies, Political Communication, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Scandinavian Political Studies, European Journal of Communication, West European Politics, EU Politics, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Mass Communication & Society , and European Journal of Political Research. Mark Franklin is the Stein Rokkan Professor of Comparative Politics at the European University Institute, Florence. He has published eleven books, including The Economy and the Vote (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Voter Turnout and the Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Established Democracies since 1945 xi (Cambridge University Press, 2004), and Choosing Europe? with Cees van der Eijk et al. (University of Michigan Press, 1996). He founded the Public Opinion and Participation Section of the European Union Studies Association, has been a director of the European Election Studies project since 1987, has served on the editorial boards of six journals, and is a past Fulbright Scholar and Guggenheim Fellow. Martin Kroh is researcher at the German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin. He received his doctorate from the University of Amsterdam. His teaching and research interests include comparative political behavior and statistical methodology. His most current research focuses on the longitudinal study of public opinion and political participation. Edmund Lauf is senior researcher for the Dutch Media Authority. He received his doctorate from the University of Muenster, Germany. His research interests include media audience research, content analysis, news media markets, media concentration, and diversity. Michael Marsh is an associate professor of political science at Trinity College Dublin and Head of the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy. He has been a member of the planning team for European Parliament Election Studies since 1990, was a principal investigator for the first Irish election study (2002), and is a member of the editorial advisory board of European Union Politics, Electoral Studies and the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. He recently co-authored with Michael Gallagher Days of Blue Loyalty (2002), a study of the Fine Gael party, and co-edited two books on the 2002 general election: The Sunday Tribune Guide to Irish Politics (2002) and How Ireland Voted 2002 (2003). Jochen Peter received his doctorate in 2003 from the University of Amsterdam and is an assistant professor at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research at the University of Amsterdam. He studied communication science at the University of Mainz, Germany, and at the University of Leicester, England. His research interests focus on political communication and the social consequences of the internet. Angelika Scheuer graduated in sociology from University of Mannheim and holds a doctorate from the University of Amsterdam. Her dissertation How EuropeansSeeEurope —StructureandDynamicsofEuropeanLegitimacyBeliefs ispublished xii Contributors by Amsterdam University Press. She is currently researcher at the Social Indicators Department of the Centre for Survey Research and Methodology (ZUMA) in Mannheim. Her research interests include attitudes towards the European Union, comparative research, and quantitative methods. Hermann Schmitt is a research fellow of the MZES at the University of Mannheim and a Privatdozent for Political Science at the Free University of Berlin. He was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan (1996–97), Science Po Paris (2001–02), the Australian National University (2003), and the IAS in Vienna (2005). He received his doctorate from the University of Duisburg and his habilitation from the Free University of Berlin. He has participated in various comparative projects, such as the series of European Election Studies (since 1979). He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on electoral behavior, political parties...