Economic voting: The effect of political context, volatility and turnout on voters' assignment of responsibility

2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 749-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
ASA BENGTSSON
Keyword(s):  
Economic Voting ◽  
Political Context

scholarly journals Explaining political choice: prospects for economic theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
S. Slukhai
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Economic Voting ◽  
Political Context ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Choice ◽  
Voter Preferences ◽  
Political Market ◽  
Market Choice ◽  
Economic Vote ◽  
Modern Economic

The goal of the article is to demonstrate the potential of the economic theory in political choice as opposed to market choice. The article analyzes the input of economic theory to analyzing political choice. The following research objectives were set: (a) to highlight the development of the modern economic theory with regard to political choice with special semphasis on studies dealing with transition nations; (b) to demonstrate relevance or irrelevance of economic voting concept under conditions of modern Ukraine; (c) to find out how the information imperfectness and its comprehension by consumers in the political market affect the resulting choice. The scope of this study extends to an individual’s choice within the political market, and a subject is its distinctiveness under conditions of transition society. It is shown that political choice is characterized by inherent irrationality that gives space to different ways of external influencing voter preferences. The author proves that the economic vote is not present in the Ukrainian political context.

scholarly journals Much More Than Economy: Assessing Electoral Accountability in the CEE Member States

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-68
Author(s):  
Andrea Fumarola
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Economic Voting ◽  
Political Context ◽  
The Political ◽  
Electoral Accountability ◽  
European Elections ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Media ◽  
European Election ◽  
Free Media

Abstract Electoral accountability is considered the mechanism through which voters hold governments responsible for their performance. Questioning the traditional approach of economic voting theory, the article focuses on the influence exerted by the political context—comprehensively considered as government clarity of responsibility, availability of governing alternatives, electoral formula, and freedom of the media—on the accountability mechanism in eleven countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Using individual and aggregate data collected after the 2014 European Elections by the European Election Study (EES), the present article analyses this process in its double dimension of answerability and enforcement (Schedler 1999). Our findings suggest that voters’ ability to express discontent with economic performance in new European democracies is strongly influenced by specific characteristics of the political context. A stable and cohesive government as well as a free media system, in particular, seem to facilitate performance voting in the region.

Situating the Blair Membership Boom Within its Social and Political Context

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (First Serie (1) ◽  
pp. 47-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross Bond
Keyword(s):  
Political Context
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