The Prospects for EU Democracy After Eastern Enlargement

Project Directors Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hermann Schmitt MZES-funded 2003 – 2007

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.

Publications

Edited Books

  • Schmitt, Hermann (Eds.) (2010): European Parliament Elections after Eastern Enlargement. London, Routledge. More
  • Schmitt, Hermann (Eds.) (2009): European Parliament Elections after Eastern Enlargement (Special Issue: Journal of European Integration 31,5). Oxford, Routledge. More
  • Niedermayer, Oskar, Hermann Schmitt (Eds.) (2005): Europawahl 2004. 169. Wiesbaden, Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. More

Book Chapters

  • Schmitt, Hermann, Jacques Thomassen (2010): The EU Party System after Eastern Enlargement. 43-61. Oxford, Routledge. More
  • Scheuer, Angelika, Hermann Schmitt (2010): Dynamics in European Political Identity. 25-42. London, Routledge. More
  • Schmitt, Hermann (2010): Introduction. 1-11. London, Routledge. More
  • Szczerbiak, Aleks, Paul Taggart (Eds.) Schmitt, Hermann, Cees van der Eijk (2008): There is Not Much Euro-Sceptic Non-Voting in European Parliament Elections. 208-237. Oxford, Oxford University Press. More
  • Kinek, Lukas, Jan Outly (Eds.) Schmitt, Hermann, Jacques Thomassen (2007): System stran EU po rozsireni na vychod. 195-210. Praha, Sociologicky ustav Akademi ved CR. More
  • Déloye, Yves, Michael Bruter (Eds.) Schmitt, Hermann (2007): Electoral Cycles. 95-99. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan. More
  • de Vreese, Claes (Eds.) Schmitt, Hermann (2007): The Nature of European Issues: Conceptual Clarifications and Some Empirical Evidence. 11-22. Mannheim, MZES. More
  • Tóka, Gabór, Ágnes Bátory (Eds.) Schmitt, Hermann, Jacques Thomassen (2006): Az Európai Unió pártrendszere a keleti bövités után. 225-245. Budapest . More
  • Déloye, Yves (Eds.) Stöver, Philip, Andreas M. Wüst (2005): Modes de scrutin. 466-473. Paris, Economica. More
  • Tenscher, Jens (Eds.) Wüst, Andreas M., Dieter Roth (2005): Parteien, Programme und Wahlverhalten. 56-85. Wiesbaden, Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. More
  • Niedermayer, Oskar (Eds.) Schmitt, Hermann (2005): Die Beteiligung der Deutschen an der Europawahl 2004. 124-141. Wiesbaden, Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. More
  • Trechsel, Alexander H., Fernando Mendez (Eds.) Schmitt, Hermann (2005): Second-order elections to the European Parliament: is e-voting the solution?. 91-107. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge. More
  • Déloye, Yves (Eds.) Schmitt, Hermann (2005): Cycle électoral. 154-159. Paris, Economica. More

Journal Articles

  • Schmitt, Hermann, Jacques Thomassen (2009): The EU Party System after Eastern Enlargement. Journal of European Integration, 31, 5, 569-587. More
  • Schmitt, Hermann (2005): The European Parliament Elections of June 2004: Still Second Order?. West European Politics, 28, 3, 650-679. More
  • Schimmelfennig, Frank (2004): Starke Anreize, ambivalente Wirkungen: Die Europäisierung Mittel- und Osteuropas. Leviathan, 32, 2, 250-268. More

Presentations

  • Schmitt, Hermann (2006): Dynamics in European Identity. [CONNEX-EES Spring Meeting 2006, University of Lisbon, 10/05/2006 - 13/05/2006]. More
  • Schmitt, Hermann (2006): EU Party System after Eastern Enlargement. [Enschede Autorenkonferenz, University of Enschede, 15/06/2006 - 17/06/2006]. More
  • Schmitt, Hermann, Michael Marsh (2005): Vote Switching in European Parliament Elections: Evidence from June 2004. [Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, 31/08/2005 - 03/09/2005]. More

Reports

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