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Sara B Hobolt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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public support for European Integration
Annual Review of Political Science, 2016Co-Authors: Sara B Hobolt, Catherine E De VriesAbstract:Public opinion is increasingly at the heart of both political and scholarly debates on European Integration. This article reviews the large literature on public support for, and opposition to, European Integration, focusing on conceptualization, causes, and consequences: What is public support for European Integration? How can we explain variation in support and Euroskepticism? What are the consequences of public support for elections and policy making in the European Union? The review reveals that although a growing literature has sought to explain individual support for European Integration, more work is needed to understand the ways in which opinions are shaped by their national context and how increasing public contestation of the European Union poses a challenge to, and an opportunity for, the future of the Integration project.
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Public Support for European Integration
Annual Review of Political Science, 2016Co-Authors: Sara B Hobolt, Catherine E De VriesAbstract:Public opinion is increasingly at the heart of both political and scholarly debates on European Integration. This article reviews the large literature on public support for, and opposition to, European Integration, focusing on conceptualization, causes, and consequences: What is public support for European Integration? How can we explain variation in support and Euroskepticism? What are the consequences of public support for elections and policy making in the European Union? The review reveals that although a growing literature has sought to explain individual support for European Integration, more work is needed to understand the ways in which opinions are shaped by their national context and how increasing public contestation of the European Union poses a challenge to, and an opportunity for, the future of the Integration project.
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Direct democracy and European Integration
Journal of European Public Policy, 2006Co-Authors: Sara B HoboltAbstract:The no-votes in the French and Dutch referendums on the Constitutional Treaty have highlighted the importance of understanding the mechanisms of direct democracy. Despite the increasing use and significance of referendums in the process of European Integration, comparative studies of referendums in Europe are still few and many questions concerning direct democracy thus remain unanswered. This article reviews recent advances in the literature on direct democracy and European Integration and suggests future avenues for research. To understand the ways in which referendums may influence the European Integration process, this article approaches the study of direct democracy from the perspective of voters (how do they decide?) and political elites (which strategies do they adopt?), as well as examining the impact on policy outcomes.
Ian Manners - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Symbolism in European Integration
Comparative European Politics, 2011Co-Authors: Ian MannersAbstract:The role of symbolism in European Integration provides one way of answering Craig Calhoun's 2003 call in Comparative European Politics for a means of transcending specific regimes of analysis in order to advance European studies. The article argues that our understanding of the Integration process and the constitution of the European Union (EU) is furthered by broadly studying symbolic forms in a multiperspectival way. In contrast to much emphasis on heroic symbolic icons, the article studies more banal processes of symbolic construction that provide a deeper understanding of the symbolisation of European Integration and enrich European studies more broadly. The article sets out how such processes could include the roles of physical icons such as maps or places, performative rituals such as days or museums, or discursive taboos such as mottos or texts. In this way the study of symbolism in European Integration suggests a means of understanding how the EU becomes constituted as a political reality – how it is ‘always already there and still in formation’.
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Symbolism in European Integration
Comparative European Politics, 2011Co-Authors: Ian MannersAbstract:The role of symbolism in European Integration provides one way of answering Craig Calhoun's 2003 call in Comparative European Politics for a means of transcending specific regimes of analysis in order to advance European studies. The article argues that our understanding of the Integration process and the constitution of the European Union (EU) is furthered by broadly studying symbolic forms in a multiperspectival way. In contrast to much emphasis on heroic symbolic icons, the article studies more banal processes of symbolic construction that provide a deeper understanding of the symbolisation of European Integration and enrich European studies more broadly. The article sets out how such processes could include the roles of physical icons such as maps or places, performative rituals such as days or museums, or discursive taboos such as mottos or texts. In this way the study of symbolism in European Integration suggests a means of understanding how the EU becomes constituted as a political reality how it is 'always already there and still in formation'. Comparative European Politics (2011) 9, 243-268. doi:10.1057/cep.2010.11
Catherine E De Vries - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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public support for European Integration
Annual Review of Political Science, 2016Co-Authors: Sara B Hobolt, Catherine E De VriesAbstract:Public opinion is increasingly at the heart of both political and scholarly debates on European Integration. This article reviews the large literature on public support for, and opposition to, European Integration, focusing on conceptualization, causes, and consequences: What is public support for European Integration? How can we explain variation in support and Euroskepticism? What are the consequences of public support for elections and policy making in the European Union? The review reveals that although a growing literature has sought to explain individual support for European Integration, more work is needed to understand the ways in which opinions are shaped by their national context and how increasing public contestation of the European Union poses a challenge to, and an opportunity for, the future of the Integration project.
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Public Support for European Integration
Annual Review of Political Science, 2016Co-Authors: Sara B Hobolt, Catherine E De VriesAbstract:Public opinion is increasingly at the heart of both political and scholarly debates on European Integration. This article reviews the large literature on public support for, and opposition to, European Integration, focusing on conceptualization, causes, and consequences: What is public support for European Integration? How can we explain variation in support and Euroskepticism? What are the consequences of public support for elections and policy making in the European Union? The review reveals that although a growing literature has sought to explain individual support for European Integration, more work is needed to understand the ways in which opinions are shaped by their national context and how increasing public contestation of the European Union poses a challenge to, and an opportunity for, the future of the Integration project.
Simon Hug - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Referendums and Citizen Support for European Integration
Comparative Political Studies, 2002Co-Authors: Thomas Christin, Simon HugAbstract:A simple game-theoretic model suggests that voter preferences should find stronger reflection in policy outcomes if referendums are possible than if such popular influence is excluded. Relying on the large-scale quasiexperiment of European Integration, we test whether referendums lead to more supportive voters with data covering more than 20 years. We find suggestive evidence for our theoretical implication that constitutional provisions for referendums lead to citizens more supportive of European Integration. Similarly, the results suggest that voters more strongly support European Integration immediately after a referendum vote.
Juan Díez Medrano - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The limits of European Integration
Journal of European Integration, 2012Co-Authors: Juan Díez MedranoAbstract:Abstract This article summarizes the special issue’s main findings and analytical contributions, challenges some of the arguments, and suggests ways of pushing the research agenda forward. The contributions to this special issue emphasize the penetration of European institutions by actors set on slowing down or reversing the process of European Integration and the growing weight of Eurosceptic views in the public sphere. In general, however, they express optimism as to the European Union institutions’ ability to contain this dissent. At the same time, two of the articles examine the role of contrasting visions of European Integration in the explanation of the European Union’s current financial and economic crisis. They emphasize Germany’s change of heart with respect to the meaning and goals of European Integration. This conclusion claims that diversity of visions on European Integration matters because most states and their citizens are reluctant to further transfers of competences and sovereignty. Agree...
