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Michael Zürn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Politicization compared: at national, European, and global levels
Journal of European Public Policy, 2019Co-Authors: Michael ZürnAbstract:The current literature on Politicization can be separated into three groups: Politicization within national political systems, of the EU, and of international institutions. In spite of speaking abo...
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Politicization compared: at national, European, and global levels
EconStor Open Access Articles, 2019Co-Authors: Michael ZürnAbstract:The current literature on Politicization can be separated into three groups: Politicization within national political systems, of the EU, and of international institutions. In spite of speaking about a similar phenomenon based on a common definition, these three strands of literature do not interact with each other and display, beyond the definitional consensus, significant differences. The focus on different political levels also leads to various assessments. This contribution compares these three strands of literature with the goal of showing that it is necessary to simultaneously look at all three levels to understand the dynamics of Politicization and de-Politicization. There is a significant potential of analyzing different (de-)Politicization processes in an integrative framework to provide fresh insights for each of the fields. In fact, some of the differences between the three kinds of literature can be resolved only by looking at the three levels in parallel.
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The Politicization of world politics and its effects: Eight propositions
European Political Science Review, 2012Co-Authors: Michael ZürnAbstract:World politics is no longer a matter of executive multilateralism and technocratic expert decisions. What we see instead is the Politicization of international institutions – a twofold process of growing resistance to and the more intensive utilization of these institutions. After providing evidence for this claim, this article develops propositions on the effects of Politicization of world politics on the quality of decision making and the content of policies on both the international and national level. On the one hand, the Politicization of international institutions arguably heralds a reflexive stage of global governance. The increased participation of societal actors leads to a new mode of decision making in world politics, which includes a notion of global common goods in conjunction with elements of public deliberation. By the same token, increased Politicization of international institutions contradicts lamentations about the hollowingout of national democracies and shows that political participation is in fact partly emigrating to the international level. While Politicization has the inherent potential for initiating the democratization of international institutions and making new types of global policies possible, there are on the other hand several dangers associated to this process. First, it may perpetuate existing inequalities between North and South in terms of representation on the global level. Second, the Politicization of world politics puts pressure on national democracy, since it moves attention away from national political matters and skews national policies towards universalist positions. Moreover, it arguably provokes the constitution of a new political cleavage, cosmopolitanism vs. communitarianism, which may possibly restructure politics in the 21st century to a large extent. These propositions on the effects of Politicization will be developed with the help of empirical illustrations. However, they will not be systematically tested – the purpose of this contribution is to elaborate the analytical potential of a new concept and identify broad trends.
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International authority and its Politicization
International Theory, 2012Co-Authors: Michael Zürn, Martin Binder, Matthias Ecker-ehrhardtAbstract:The article focuses on the Politicization of international authority as a thus far little understood development in world politics. We first define the concept and show that there is an empirical trend towards Politicization of international institutions. We then argue that the increasing authority of international institutions has led to their Politicization and we relate this hypothesis to alternative explanations. The validity of the authority–Politicization nexus is illustrated by the rise of international authority in parallel to Politicization. We go on to distinguish different policy functions such as rule definition, monitoring, interpretation, and enforcement in order to show that especially those international institutions with a high level of authority meet with strong contestation of their competencies. We conclude the article by exploring various avenues for future Politicization research.
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can the Politicization of european integration be reversed
Journal of Common Market Studies, 2012Co-Authors: Pieter De Wilde, Michael ZürnAbstract:Following the failure of the Constitutional Treaty, executives of European Union (EU) Member States and the European Commission tried to take European integration as a political issue as much off the agenda as possible and limit involvement of citizens in EU decision-making. This article assesses the viability of this attempt to combat Politicization of European integration and comes to the conclusion that it is unlikely to succeed in the long run. Politicization, it is argued, is a direct consequence of the increasing authority of the EU. The executive response to reverse this trend, however, does not address its cause, but rather the intermediating factors in the form of political opportunity structure. Since the cause of Politicization remains intact and intermediating factors are unlikely to be controlled by executives, this attempt to reverse Politicization is not viable.
Pieter De Wilde - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Introduction: the differentiated politicisation of European governance
West European Politics, 2015Co-Authors: Pieter De Wilde, Anna Leupold, Henning SchmidtkeAbstract:AbstractThe politicisation of European governance has become an important subject in debates about the institutional design, day-to-day decision-making and democratic legitimacy of the European Union. This special issue takes stock of this development of politicisation research, including the theoretical development as well as the rapidly expanding body of empirical evidence. It synergises the various perspectives on politicisation of European governance, building on a common understanding of politicisation as a three-dimensional process involving increasing salience, polarisation of opinion and the expansion of actors and audiences involved in EU issues. The introduction outlines the central theoretical and conceptual questions concerning the politicisation of European governance and provides a guiding framework for the contributions to this special issue. The contributions document that a differentiated Europe leads to differentiated politicisation across times, countries and settings. The differentiate...
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can the Politicization of european integration be reversed
Journal of Common Market Studies, 2012Co-Authors: Pieter De Wilde, Michael ZürnAbstract:Following the failure of the Constitutional Treaty, executives of European Union (EU) Member States and the European Commission tried to take European integration as a political issue as much off the agenda as possible and limit involvement of citizens in EU decision-making. This article assesses the viability of this attempt to combat Politicization of European integration and comes to the conclusion that it is unlikely to succeed in the long run. Politicization, it is argued, is a direct consequence of the increasing authority of the EU. The executive response to reverse this trend, however, does not address its cause, but rather the intermediating factors in the form of political opportunity structure. Since the cause of Politicization remains intact and intermediating factors are unlikely to be controlled by executives, this attempt to reverse Politicization is not viable.
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no polity for old politics a framework for analyzing the Politicization of european integration
Journal of European Integration, 2011Co-Authors: Pieter De WildeAbstract:Abstract In the literature on European integration, Politicization as concept is often attributed major importance. This article shows how the literature variously discusses the Politicization of European Union (EU) institutions, the Politicization of EU decision‐making processes or the Politicization of EU issues. Similarly, the literature attributes three different functions to Politicization: it functions to crystallize opposing advocacy coalitions, to raise the question of legitimacy and to alter the course of European integration. Despite this diversity, this article argues we are in fact dealing with an encompassing process. To further our understanding of Politicization of European integration, Politicization as process is defined as an increase in polarization of opinions, interests or values and the extent to which they are publicly advanced towards policy formulation within the EU. Furthermore, attention is directed to practices of representative claims‐making in the public sphere through which ...
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Politicisation of European Integration: Bringing the Process into Focus
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007Co-Authors: Pieter De WildeAbstract:This conceptual paper provides a working definition of politicisation of European integration, based on a literature review. Politicisation has often been used by political scientists interested in European integration We observe that research using the concept is rarely interested in the process of politicisation, but rather in its product. By answering why politicisation is relevant to European integration, where it can be observed, and what causes it, this study argues there is a need for further investigation of the process of politicisation to address remaining vagueness and fragmentation in the literature concerning its product. Despite initial appearances, I argue that research on politicisation shares a common overarching understanding of the concept. The literature shares a broad societal understanding of politics and targets the increasing involvement of a broad range of societal actors in European politics. Based on these observations, the process of politicisation of European integration is defined as an increase in polarisation of opinions, interests or values and the extent to which they are publicly advanced towards the process of policy formulation within the European Union.
Richard Shaw - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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revisiting Politicization political advisers and public servants in westminster systems
Governance, 2008Co-Authors: Chris Eichbaum, Richard ShawAbstract:In recent times much has been made of the threat some argue is posed by political advisers to the impartiality of the Westminster civil service. Drawing on survey of senior New Zealand civil servants, this article examines the degree to which political advisers are perceived as a threat to civil service neutrality and describes the form taken by that threat as variously perceived. On the evidence reported, it is suggested that traditional understandings of “Politicization” need to be reconceptualized if they are to fully account for the nature of the relationship between political and civil service advisers. To existing conceptions of Politicization, therefore, the article proposes adding another: “administrative Politicization,” allowing for different gradations of Politicization to be identified, and enabling a nuanced assessment of the nature and extent of a risk to civil service neutrality that, the data suggest, is not as great as is sometimes alleged.
Toby Bolsen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Counteracting the Politicization of Science
Journal of Communication, 2015Co-Authors: Toby Bolsen, James N DruckmanAbstract:Few trends in science have generated as much discussion as its Politicization. This occurs when an actor emphasizes the inherent uncertainty of science to cast doubt on the existence of scientific consensus. In this article, we offer a framework that generates predictions about when communications can be used to counteract Politicization efforts aimed at novel energy technologies. We then present evidence from nationally representative survey experiments to demonstrate how warnings to dismiss future Politicization and corrections to ignore past claims can counteract Politicization's effects. The results provide novel insights about science communication in a politicized era and offer a blueprint on which future work can build.
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how frames can undermine support for scientific adaptations Politicization and the status quo bias
Public Opinion Quarterly, 2014Co-Authors: Toby Bolsen, James N Druckman, Fay Lomax CookAbstract:The Politicization of science is a phenomenon that has sparked a great deal of attention in recent years. Nonetheless, few studies directly explore how frames that highlight Politicization affect public support for scientific adaptations. We study how frames that highlight Politicization affect support for using nuclear power, and test our hypotheses with two experiments. We find, in one study, that politicizing science reduces support for nuclear power and renders arguments about the environmental benefits of nuclear energy invalid, regardless of whether there is a reference to consensus scientific evidence. We find, in a second study, that reference to the potential health risks associated with using nuclear power also decreases support in the presence of additional frames that highlight either science�s progress or its Politicization. In the end, our findings suggest that a status-quo bias prevails that, under some circumstances, can serve as a significant impediment to generating public support for scientific innovations.
T.l. Sam - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Union Politicization in Sri Lanka: dimensions and measurement
Wayamba Journal of Management, 2014Co-Authors: K. A. S. Dhammika, Fais Ahmad, T.l. SamAbstract:Through trade unions are mostly viewed as employee organizations protecting employee‟s interests, they have political dimension too. Politicization of employee unions has added an extra complexity not only to their behavior, but also to their impact on organizations in industrial relations. Therefore, this political dimension of employee unions has to be taken into account in studies on unions. Researchers have identified two dimensions of union Politicization namely political instrumentality and political ideology. Measurement of union Politicization should incorporate both the political instrumentality and political ideology dimensions of union Politicization. However, past researches have used either the political instrumentality or political ideology in measuring union Politicization depending on their research context. The aim of this study is to test the goodness of measure of the union Politicization in Sri Lankan Context. Data was collected from 136 public sector employee selected using stratified random sampling. Exploratory factor analysis and reliability testing were applied for testing the validity and reliability of the measurement. It was found that both political instrumentality and political belief dimensions are validly and reliably held in explaining the union Politicization in Sri Lankan context. Further, results and implications are discussed so that it can be used for future research on union Politicization.
