Political Communication and European Parliamentary Elections in Times of Crisis

Chapter 1 Introduction: Proposal of a Framework for the 2014 European Parliament Elections and Campaigns in Central and Eastern Europe

Chapter 2 Political Advertising During the 2014 Polish EU Parliamentary Election Campaign

Chapter 3 Media Rhetoric and Virtual Communication in Bulgaria

Chapter 4 Intermedia Agenda-Setting During the European Parliament Elections in Poland

Chapter 5 An Overshadowed Campaign in Two Croatian Dailies

Chapter 6 Perspectives on the Romanian Electoral Context and Media Coverage of Campaign Discourses

Chapter 7 Coverage of the 2014 European Parliamentary Electoral Campaign in Romania’s Print Press (A Case Study)

Chapter 8 A Second-Order Campaign in Lithuania?

Chapter 9 Content Emptiness, Low Media Coverage, Exhausted Parties and Indifferent Voters: An Invisible 2014 European Parliamentary Election Campaign in the Czech Republic

Chapter 10 Outline of Female Candidates in Romania’s EP Elections

Chapter 11 The EU Agenda as an Emerging Cleavage of Political Competition? Parties and Their Voters in Slovakia

Chapter 12 European and National Agendas in the 2014 EP Elections in Hungary

Chapter 13 European Parliament Elections in the Czech Republic: Reflection of Citizens’ Agenda

Chapter 14 Looking Behind the Scene of the Panel Discussion Organized by the Czech Independent Think-Tanks Before the European Parliament Elections of 2014

Chapter 15 What’s the Right Kick-Off to a Good Finish? Polish Political Parties and Their Strategies in the 2014 European Parliament Elections

Chapter 16 Results of the European Parliament Elections in Poland

Chapter 17 Patterns of Recruitment of Polish Candidates in the 2014 European Parliament Elections

Chapter 18 Election Results, Candidate Lists and the Framing of Campaigns

Chapter 19 Eurosceptic Parties in the Czech Republic’s 2014 European Parliamentary Elections

Chapter 20 Conclusions: Features of the 2014 European Elections in Central and Eastern Europe