Principal Investigators

Jay G. Blumler (University of Leeds)
Karlheinz Reif (University of Mannheim)
Hermann Schmitt (University of Mannheim)
Jean-Jacques Rabier (European Commission)

Research Design and data availability

This study consisted of set of questions added to the post-election (November) 1979 regular Eurobarometer (Rabier), linked to a campaign study (Reif), an elite study (Schmitt) and a study of the media in several countries (Blumler).

The mass survey data are available as part of the regular Eurobarometer surveys of Spring and Fall 1979 (EBs 11 and 12), archived at the ESRC Data Archive, University of Essex; at the ICPSR, University of Michigan; and at the Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung at the University of Cologne.

The elite survey data ("European Political Parties' Middle Level Elites Project [EPPMLE]") are available from the Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung at the University of Cologne.

 

Publications resulting in whole or in part from this study

Blumler, Jay G. (1983). Communicating to Voters: Television in the First European Parliament Elections (London: Sage)

Blumler, Jay G. (1984). 'European Voters' Response to the First Community Elections' in K. Reif, ed., European Elections 1979/81 and 1984: Conclusion and Perspectives from Empirical Research (Berlin: Quorum).

Blumler, Jay G. and A. D. Fox (1982). The European Voter: Popular Responses to the First European Community Elections. (London: Policy Studies Institute).

Cayrol, R. (1983) 'Media Use and Campaign Evaluations: Social and Political Stratification of the European Electorate' in Jay G. Blumler, ed., Communicating to Voters.

Inglehart, R. and J.-R. Rabier (1979) 'Europe Elects a Parliament. Cognitive Mobilization and Pro-European Attitudes as Influences on Voter Turnout' Government and Opposition 14: 479-507.

Reif, K. (1984a) 'National Electoral Cycles and European Elections 1979 and 1984'. Electoral Studies. 3:244&endash;255.

Reif, K., ed. (1984b) European Elections 1979/81 and 1984. Conclusion and Perspectives from Emperical Research. Berlin: Quorum.

Reif, K. (1985a) 'Ten Second-Order National Elections'. In K. Reif, ed., Ten European Elections.

Reif, K., ed. (1985b) Ten European Elections: Campaigns and Results of the 1979/81 First Direct Elections to the European Parliament. Aldershot: Gower.

Reif, K., and H. Schmitt (1980) 'Nine Second-order National Elections&emdash; A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of European Election Results'. European Journal of Political Research. 8:3&endash;44.

Schmitt, H (1983) Party Government in Public Opinion: A European Cross-National Comparison. European Journal of Political Research 11:353-76.

Schmitt, H. (1987) Neue Politik in alten Parteien. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.

Schmitt, H. and J. Thomassen (2000) "Dynamic Representation: The Case of European Integration." European Union Politics 1:319-40.

Schultz, W. (1983) 'One Campaign or Nine'. In J. G. Blumler, ed., Communicating to Voters.