Awarded Projects - ECRP III

07-ECRP-008 The Politics of Attention: West European Politics in Times of Change

Abstract: It is widely recognized that politics in West Europe has undergone dramatic changes with the decline of class voting, increased importance of mass media etc. However, many aspects of contemporary politics are poorly understood. This relates especially to the issue supply of politics or the allocation of attention from different political actors to different issues. How do politicians interact with mass media and other political actors to provide a supply of politics to the electorate? To what extent has this supply converged and to what extent does it represent the issue priorities of the electorate?
Drawing on the booming American policy agendas literature, this project develops a comprehensive theoretical framework that makes it possible to integrate the role of different actors such as mass media, governments, and political parties in forming the supply of politics. It also provides data to study the allocation of attention to different issues in a much more systematic way than has been done before. The subprojects take up different questions with regard to the supply of politics focusing on either issues, actors, or institutions but share the same theoretical framework and methodology. For more information, go to website.

Project Leader

ProfessorStefaan A. J.WalgraveE-Mail

University of AntwerpDepartment of Political ScienceResearch Group Media, Movements and Politics (M2P)AntwerpBelgium

Principal Investigators

ProfessorLauraChaquésE-Mail

University of BarcelonaFacultat de CC. Econòmiques i EmpresarialsDepartment of Political ScienceBarcelonaSpain

ProfessorFrédéricVaroneE-Mail

University of GenevaFaculty of Economics and Social SciencesDepartment of Political ScienceGenèveSwitzerland

ProfessorPeterJohnE-Mail

University of ManchesterInstitute of Political and Economic GovernanceManchesterUnited Kingdom

Project Members

Mr.JeroenJolyE-Mail

University of AntwerpDepartment of Political ScienceResearch Group Media, Movements and Politics (M2P)AntwerpBelgium

Dr.TobiasVan AsscheE-Mail

University of AntwerpDepartment of Political ScienceAntwerpBelgium

Mr.BrandonZichaE-Mail

University of AntwerpDepartment of Political ScienceAntwerpBelgium

Ms.LuzMuñozE-Mail

University of BarcelonaFacultat de CC. Econòmiques i EmpresarialsDepartment of Political ScienceBarcelonaSpain

Dr.AnnaPalauE-Mail

University of BarcelonaFacultat de CC. Econòmiques i EmpresarialsDepartment of Political ScienceBarcelonaSpain

Dr.IsabelleEngeliE-Mail

University of GenevaDepartment of Political ScienceGeneveSwitzerland

Mr.RoyGavaE-Mail

University of GenevaDepartment of Political ScienceGenevaSwitzerland

Mr.ShaunBevan

University of ManchesterInstitute for Political and Economic Governance (IPEG)ManchesterUnited Kingdom

Dr.DarenHalpinE-Mail

Robert Gordon University of AberdeenAberdeen Business SchoolDepartment of Public PolicyAberdeenUnited Kingdom

Dr.WillJenningsE-Mail

London School of Economics and Political ScienceESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and RegulationLondonUnited Kingdom

Associated Partners

ProfessorEmilianoGrossmanE-Mail

CEVIPOFParisFrance

ProfessorFrankBaumgartnerE-Mail

The Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Political ScienceUniversity ParkUnited States

07-ECRP-010 Citizenship after the nation-State

Abstract: Citizenship after the Nation-State? is the first project to gather in a systematic and rigorous way comparative data on public attitudes at the regional level.  It will administer a survey to a standard methodology and timescale in 21 regions in seven European states. It will pinpoint how far citizenship - as expressed in political participation and social solidarity - has become ‘denationalised’ or 'regionalised', that is rescaled at the regional level, thus challenging established frames of reference focused on a national scale of citizenship in the postwar nation-state. It tests competing theoretical explanations for the regionalisation of citizenship based in variables of regional identity, the powers of regional government, and regional economic disparity. By testing alternative explanatory accounts of regionalisation of citizenship empirically and modelling their causal relationships with one another the project opens up scope for theory development that would not be possible in smaller scale national/bilateral projects. The findings will be disseminated in national and cross-national settings and the data will be deposited as soon as possible for general access. The research will be carried out by seven national teams with substantial past experience of collaboration, and will be supported by a coordinating office in the UK.

Project Leader

ProfessorCharlesJefferyE-Mail

University of EdinburghSchool of Social and Political StudiesInstitute of GovernanceEdinburghUnited Kingdom

Principal Investigators

Dr.FranzFallendE-Mail

University of SalzburgGeschichts- und PolitikwissenschaftPolitikwissenschaftSalzburgAustria

ProfessorDieterRothE-Mail

Université de HeidelbergFakultät für Wirtschafts- und SozialwissenschaftenInstitut fuer PolitikwissenschaftHeidelbergGermany

Dr.EnriqueMartinez HerreraE-Mail

Centro de Estudios Políticos y ConstitucionalesMadridSpain

Project Members

Ms.SvilaTributschE-Mail

GfK Austria GmbHWienAustria

ProfessorPeterUlramE-Mail

GfK Austria GmbHViennaAustria

ProfessorRolandSturmE-Mail

Erlangen-Nuernberg UniversityInstitut fuer PolitikwisenschaftErlangenGermany

ProfessorFrancescoPallarésE-Mail

Universitat Pompeu FabraDepartamento Ciències Politiques i SocialsBarcelonaSpain

Dr.AlisonParkE-Mail

National Centre for Social ResearchLondonUnited Kingdom

ProfessorDanielWincottE-Mail

University of BirminghamSchool of Social ScienceDepartment of Political Science and International StudiesBirminghamUnited Kingdom