The 6th ECPR General Conference was held at the University of Iceland, from 25 to 27 August 2011.

Sections supported by the standing group:

• Old and new models in electoral research. Comparative perspectives.

Panels included in the section:

• Comparative Studies of Social Structure and Party Choice
• Economic Voting: The Impact of Recession Politics
• Election Forecasts: Neglected Democracies
• Issue Voting and Political Representation
• Models of Voting Behaviour in German Federal Elections
• Partisanship and the Vote in Europe
• The Dynamics of Party Choice
• The Electoral Cycle Revisited

 

• Mass Politics in the EU: Public Opinion, Elections, and Referendums.

Panels included in the section:

• Explaining the differences – Information Effects on Voting Behaviour in Europe
• Issue and EP Elections
• Party Strategy and Spatial Competition in EP Elections
• The Role of Political Parties and Elites in Convening EU Referendums
• Transnational Politics and the Vote
• Who’s to blame? The role of institutions and economic context in allowing citizens to punish (and reward) governments