کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1052227 946378 2011 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political information
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم اجتماعی جغرافیا، برنامه ریزی و توسعه
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Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political information
چکیده انگلیسی

Increasing politicization in EU member states about European issues can be expected to strengthen the impact of attitudes towards Europe on vote choice in European Parliament (EP) elections. At the same time this impact is likely to vary between voters and contexts as a function of political information. This study explores the role of political information in explaining individual and contextual heterogeneity in the degree of EU issue voting. Using a two-step hierarchical estimation procedure to explore both individual and contextual variation, we show that while EU issue voting in the 2009 EP elections is only slightly more pronounced among the politically sophisticated, it is clearly more extensive in contexts that provide higher levels of political information on European matters.

Research highlights
► EU issue voting in EP elections is a wide-spread phenomenon by 2009.
► We find evidence of individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting in the 2009 EP elections.
► EU issue voting is only slightly more pronounced among the politically sophisticated.
► EU issue voting is more extensive in contexts providing high levels of EU-related information.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Electoral Studies - Volume 30, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 16–28
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