Conflict Mobilisation or Problem-Solving? - 9780367710828

Taylor & Francis

Conflict Mobilisation or Problem-Solving?Issue Competition in Western Europe\nAuthor(s): Lorenzo De Sio, Romain Lachat\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367710828, 978-0367710828\nSynopsis\nIn the aftermath of disruptive electoral and political developments such as the Brexit referendum and the election of Donald Trump, six important European countries went to the polls between 2017 and 2018. This book presents the results of the Issue Competition Comparative Project (ICCP), which analysed these six elections through a focus on post-ideological issue competition, leveraging a fresh theoretical perspective and innovative data collection and analysis methods emerging from issue yield theory.\n\nThe contributors to this volume cast a new light on electoral developments that have affected Western Europe in recent years, pointing to the key distinction between problem-solvers (parties and leaders that leverage their .