The Prospects for EU Democracy After Eastern Enlargement

Research question/goal: 

It was the objective of this co-operative project to engage in primary research in order to enhance our understanding of the legitimacy and the democratic quality of European Union government. This objective was reached by the development of a normative theoretical framework of legitimate democratic government including three basic dimensions: identity, representation and accountability, and performance; and an empirical evaluation by means of public opinion surveys and content analysis of the performance of the European Union on each of these dimensions.

Fact sheet

Funding: 
MZES
Duration: 
2003 to 2007
Status: 
completed
Data Sources: 
representative mass surveys and content analyses of frontpag
Geographic Space: 
European Union and Accession Countries

Publications

Books

Schmitt, Hermann (Ed.) (2010): European Parliament Elections after Eastern Enlargement. London: Routledge. more
Schmitt, Hermann (Ed.) (2009): European Parliament Elections after Eastern Enlargement (Special Issue: Journal of European Integration 31,5). Oxford: Routledge. more
Niedermayer, Oskar, and Hermann Schmitt (Eds.) (2005): Europawahl 2004. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more

Journal Articles

Scheuer, Angelika, and Hermann Schmitt (2009): Dynamics in European Political Identity. Journal of European Integration, 31, issue 5, pp. 551-568. more
Schmitt, Hermann (2009): Introduction. Journal of European Integration, 31, issue 5, pp. 525-535. more
Schmitt, Hermann, and Jacques Thomassen (2009): The EU Party System after Eastern Enlargement. Journal of European Integration, 31, issue 5, pp. 569-587. more
Schmitt, Hermann (2005): The European Parliament Elections of June 2004: Still Second Order?. West European Politics, 28, issue 3, pp. 650-679. more
Schimmelfennig, Frank (2004): Starke Anreize, ambivalente Wirkungen: Die Europäisierung Mittel- und Osteuropas. Leviathan, 32, issue 2, pp. 250-268. more

Book Chapters

Scheuer, Angelika, and Hermann Schmitt (2010): Dynamics in European Political Identity. Pp. 25-42 in: Hermann Schmitt (Ed.) European Parliament Elections after Eastern Enlargement. London: Routledge. more
Schmitt, Hermann (2010): Introduction. Pp. 1-11 in: Hermann Schmitt (Ed.) European Parliament Elections after Eastern Enlargement. London: Routledge. more
Schmitt, Hermann, and Jacques Thomassen (2010): The EU Party System after Eastern Enlargement. Pp. 43-61 in: Hermann Schmitt (Ed.) European Parliament Elections after Eastern Enlargement. Oxford: Routledge. more
Schmitt, Hermann, and Cees van der Eijk (2008): There is Not Much Euro-Sceptic Non-Voting in European Parliament Elections. Pp. 208-237 in: Aleks Szczerbiak, Paul Taggart (Eds.) Opposing Europe?. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Schmitt, Hermann (2007): Electoral Cycles. Pp. 95-99 in: Yves Déloye, Michael Bruter (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of European Elections. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Schmitt, Hermann (2007): The Nature of European Issues: Conceptual Clarifications and Some Empirical Evidence. Pp. 11-22 in: Claes de Vreese, Hermann Schmitt (Eds.) A European Public Sphere: How much of it do we have and how much do we need?. Mannheim: MZES. more
Scheuer, Angelika, and Hermann Schmitt (2007): Dynamics in European Political Identity. Pp. 507-526 in: Michael Marsh, Slava Mikhaylov, Hermann Schmitt (Eds.) European Elections after Eastern Enlargement. Preliminary Results from the European Election Study 2004. Mannheim: CONNEX. more
Schmitt, Hermann, and Jacques Thomassen (2007): System stran EU po rozsireni na vychod. Pp. 195-210 in: Lukas Kinek, Jan Outly (Eds.) Volby do Evropskeho parlametu 2004. Praha: Sociologicky ustav Akademi ved CR. more
Schmitt, Hermann, and Jacques Thomassen (2006): Az Európai Unió pártrendszere a keleti bövités után. Pp. 225-245 in: Gabór Tóka, Ágnes Bátory (Eds.) A 2004. évi európai parlamenti választások. Budapest. more
Schmitt, Hermann (2005): Cycle électoral. Pp. 154-159 in: Yves Déloye (Ed.) Dictionnaire des élections européennes. Paris: Economica. more
Stöver, Philip, and Andreas M. Wüst (2005): Modes de scrutin. Pp. 466-473 in: Yves Déloye (Ed.) Dictionnaire des élections européennes. Paris: Economica. more
Wüst, Andreas M., and Dieter Roth (2005): Parteien, Programme und Wahlverhalten. Pp. 56-85 in: Jens Tenscher (Ed.) Wahl-Kampf um Europa. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Schmitt, Hermann (2005): Die Beteiligung der Deutschen an der Europawahl 2004. Pp. 124-141 in: Oskar Niedermayer, Hermann Schmitt (Eds.) Europawahl 2004. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Schmitt, Hermann (2005): Second-order elections to the European Parliament: is e-voting the solution?. Pp. 91-107 in: Alexander H. Trechsel, Fernando Mendez (Eds.) The European Union and E-Voting: Addressing the EPs internet voting challenge. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. more

Other Publications

Schmitt, Hermann, and Angelika Scheuer (2007): Public Policy Mood and Support for European Integration in Germany. Brüssel more

Conference Presentations

Schmitt, Hermann (2006): Dynamics in European Identity. [CONNEX-EES Spring Meeting 2006, University of Lisbon, May 11th to May 14th, 2006] more
Schmitt, Hermann (2006): EU Party System after Eastern Enlargement. [Enschede Autorenkonferenz, University of Enschede, June 16th to June 18th, 2006] more
Schmitt, Hermann, and Michael Marsh (2005): Vote Switching in European Parliament Elections: Evidence from June 2004. [Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 01st to September 04th, 2005] more