ABSTRACT
A decisive push for the development of the research on the political consequences of economic crises came from the rampant literature on neo-corporatism. Some scholars considered the domestic design of the Scandinavian democracies as a successful response by small-sized states to the uncontrolled dangers coming from the international political economy. This chapter deals with a particular type of political consequence rooted in the present crisis: ups and downs of electoral accountability of European governments in face to their citizens. It examines two variables: the vote changes in consecutive elections for parties in government and for anti-party parties to assess the governmental accountability in the hard times begun in 2008. The chapter proposes a descriptive analysis of two political variables influencing governmental accountability based on rough distinction between crisis and pre-crisis years. It offers very explorative causal testing of the relationships among some economic covariates and those political variables.
