Post-crisis Political Normalisation? The 2018 Presidential Elections in the Republic of Cyprus

Vasiliki Triga, Fernando Mendez and Constantinos Djouvas

South European Society and Politics, 2019, vol. 24, issue 1, 103-127

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.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2018.1511347

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