Political Communication and European Parliamentary Elections ... - 9781137585905

Political Communication and European Parliamentary Elections in Times of CrisisPerspectives from Central and South-Eastern Europe\nAuthor(s): Ruxandra Boicu, Silvia Branea, Adriana Stefanel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9781137585905, 978-1137585905\nSynopsis\nThis book tackles the 2014 European Parliamentary election as an event, phenomenon and process from an interdisciplinary but coherent perspective. This edited volume includes research by prestigious academics from the former communist countries in question, all of which have only recently become EU members. The contributors consider whether there is a crisis of Euroscepticism, or, for that matter, extremism of any kind in each country discussed. In doing so, the volume seeks to analyse the future of the European Union itself. It will appeal to scholars and graduate students interested in elections and voting behaviour, comparative European politics, and p.