Post-crisis Political Normalisation? The 2018 Presidential Elections in the Republic of Cyprus. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Triga, Vasiliki; Mendez, Fernando; Djouvas, Constantinos
• Is Part Of: South European society & politics. Volume 24:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 103
• Page End: 127
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Cyprus problem -- Great Recession -- economic crisis -- topic modelling -- polarisation -- abstention -- ELAM; Europe, Southern -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Europe, Southern -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; 940
• DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2018.1511347
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-8746

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article takes stock of the most recent presidential election in the Republic of Cyprus and connects it to broader currents in post-crisis European political settings. Although the elections took place against a backdrop of improving economic prospects, the crisis has left its political mark in a number of areas we identify that include a growing political fragmentation, the rise of the far right and increased voter abstention. The empirical analysis focuses on the media campaign and draws on a topic-modelling approach to identify and contrast emphasis given to policy issues over the two electoral rounds. The policy themes identified clustered around two dominant dimensions of political conflict: the Cyprus conflict and the economy.