Parties in the ‘twilight zone’: Beyond first and second-order elections for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain
While most research has analysed election-orderness by looking at electoral behaviour, this article looks instead at political parties and political programs in the case of the Spanish 2019 European elections. With the collapse of its two-party system and challenger parties on the rise, this paper a...
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| author | Raquel Vega Rubio Alvaro Oleart Kolja Raube |
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| description | While most research has analysed election-orderness by looking at electoral behaviour, this article looks instead at political parties and political programs in the case of the Spanish 2019 European elections. With the collapse of its two-party system and challenger parties on the rise, this paper analyses how Spanish parties addressed topics in their political programs, using content and political discourse analysis. The article argues that the traditional classification of first and second-order elections is no longer well-equipped to depict the increasingly politicised and Europeanised political parties. This finding indicates a new way of addressing topics in Spain, a ‘twilight-zone’. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53e2e5d8762e4acb87ffc34634d82a762022-12-21T23:27:54ZengUACESJournal of Contemporary European Research1815-347X2021-09-01173Parties in the ‘twilight zone’: Beyond first and second-order elections for the 2019 European Parliament elections in SpainRaquel Vega Rubio0Alvaro Oleart1Kolja Raube2KU LeuvenVrije Universiteit Amsterdama:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:20:"University of Leuven";}While most research has analysed election-orderness by looking at electoral behaviour, this article looks instead at political parties and political programs in the case of the Spanish 2019 European elections. With the collapse of its two-party system and challenger parties on the rise, this paper analyses how Spanish parties addressed topics in their political programs, using content and political discourse analysis. The article argues that the traditional classification of first and second-order elections is no longer well-equipped to depict the increasingly politicised and Europeanised political parties. This finding indicates a new way of addressing topics in Spain, a ‘twilight-zone’.https://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/1224Challenger PartiesEuropeanizationFirst-OrderSecond-OrderEuropean ElectionsEuropean Parliament |
| spellingShingle | Raquel Vega Rubio Alvaro Oleart Kolja Raube Parties in the ‘twilight zone’: Beyond first and second-order elections for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain Journal of Contemporary European Research Challenger Parties Europeanization First-Order Second-Order European Elections European Parliament |
| title | Parties in the ‘twilight zone’: Beyond first and second-order elections for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain |
| title_full | Parties in the ‘twilight zone’: Beyond first and second-order elections for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain |
| title_fullStr | Parties in the ‘twilight zone’: Beyond first and second-order elections for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parties in the ‘twilight zone’: Beyond first and second-order elections for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain |
| title_short | Parties in the ‘twilight zone’: Beyond first and second-order elections for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain |
| title_sort | parties in the twilight zone beyond first and second order elections for the 2019 european parliament elections in spain |
| topic | Challenger Parties Europeanization First-Order Second-Order European Elections European Parliament |
| url | https://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/1224 |
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