This time it's different … but not really! The 2014 European Parliament elections in Ireland

Quinlan, Stephen; Okolikj, Martin

doi:10.1080/07907184.2016.1151415

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“…Nonetheless, EP elections continue to have a 'second-order' dimension, with elections campaigns dominated by domestic issues, low voter turnout, and established parties and incumbent governments losing votes (e.g. Cordero & Montero, 2015;Quinlan & Okolikj, 2016;Schmitt & Teperoglou, 2015). Accordingly, we would expect to find support for valence economic voting in EP elections with voters judging government performance on a domestic issue (the national economy).…”

Section: Economic Voting In the European Parliament Elections Of 2009mentioning

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Context Matters: Economic Voting in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament Elections

Okolikj

Quinlan

2016

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Using the 2009 and 2014 European Election Studies (EES), we explore the effect of the economy on the vote in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament (EP) elections. The paper demonstrates that the economy did influence voters in both contests. However, its impact was heterogeneous across the two elections and between countries. While assessments of the economy directly motivated voters in 2009 by 2014 economic appraisals were conditioned by how much responsibility voters felt the national government had for the state of the economy, implying a shift in calculus between the two elections. The analysis suggests that voters in 2009 were simply reacting to the economic tsunami that was the Global Financial Crisis, with motivations primarily driven by the unfavourable economic conditions countries faced. But in 2014, evaluations were conditioned by judgments about responsibility for the economy, suggesting a more conscious holding to account of the government. Our paper also reveals cross-country differences in the influence of the economy on vote. Attribution of responsibility and economic evaluations had a more potent impact on support for the government in bailout countries compared to non-bailout countries in 2014. Our findings demonstrate the importance of economy on vote in EP elections but also highlight how its impact on vote can vary based on context.

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Section: Economic Voting In the European Parliament Elections Of 2009mentioning

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Context Matters: Economic Voting in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament Elections

Okolikj

Quinlan

2016

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“…Recent European elections in Ireland were “second-order” elections, in which voter choice was mainly influenced by a backlash against austerity, manifested in attitudes toward the incumbent center-right and center-left coalition. EU issues gained little traction in the campaign, and opinions on the EU had minimal impact on party choice, suggesting that domestic politics remain key to understanding EP elections in Ireland (Quinlan and Okolikj 2016).…”

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Irish Female Members of the European Parliament: Critical Actors for Women's Interests?

Cullen

2018

Pol & Gen

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The European Parliament (EP) is credited as an important actor in improving the rights of women in Ireland. Lacking a power base in national political parties, Irish feminists and European Union (EU) officials, including members of the EP (MEPs), have worked to secure progress on gender equality. This research explores whether, in the contemporary context, Irish female MEPs remain critical actors for women's interests at the EU level. Findings show that although Irish female MEPs have a limited record of involvement with the EP's main site for gender equality, the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, they do act in a variety of ways on women's interests. These include mobilization on gendered occupational roles and traditionally gendered areas such as care work, child poverty, and issues constructed as affecting women outside the EU. Irish female MEPs also facilitate forms of supranational lobbying in their support of EU-level advocacy for domestic gendered civil society and campaign groups. However, ideology and party political discipline, the pull toward local and national interests, and an absence of strong feminist agency work to diminish opportunities for female MEPs to act as critical actors and deliver critical acts on women's interests.

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The Bonds that Tie: Crisis and Cooperation

Holmes

Simpson²

2023

Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics

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This time it's different … but not really! The 2014 European Parliament elections in Ireland

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Context Matters: Economic Voting in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament Elections

Context Matters: Economic Voting in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament Elections

Irish Female Members of the European Parliament: Critical Actors for Women's Interests?

The Bonds that Tie: Crisis and Cooperation

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