Projektnummer

0066807

Zusammenfassung

The project investigates the ways in which interactions between citizens, social movements, and a specific breed of political party - the so-called 'movement parties' - influence democratic quality in several countries of the European Union. In the context of the European financial, economic, and migration crises, mass protests since 2011 have engendered new social movements and political parties. Scholarly research suggests that protesters vote for movement parties. They display a wide range of ideological orientations, from leftlibertarian to far right, and are expected to bring into...