Patterns Of Opposition In The European Parliament

Author : Benedetta Carlotti
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030536831

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Patterns of Opposition in the European Parliament by Benedetta Carlotti Pdf

Is Euroscepticism still suited to analyze the variegated nature of opposition to the EU? Starting from this question, this book critically reviews Euroscepticism, reconceptualizes it in terms of political opposition and discovers, disentangles and explains patterns of EU-opposition within the European Parliament (EP). Distinguishing between “what the EU does” and “what the EU is”, the research elaborates an index of parties’ positioning “measuring” it through the speeches that parties’ deliver in the EP. The EP is the “perfect laboratory” where decisions concerning EU-policies are taken and the future EU-trajectories are shaped. Besides delineating a set of guidelines categorizing parties, the book concludes that their positioning varies along two main axes: the pro-anti-EU-system and the pro-anti-EU-establishment. From a normative perspective, the research argues for the growing importance of the “cumulation hypothesis”: if criticism remains unheard within the European elitist construct, such criticism will transform itself into rejection.

Author : Göran von Sydow,Stockholms universitet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9174476661

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Politicizing Europe by Göran von Sydow,Stockholms universitet Pdf

Author : Sofia Vasilopoulou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : European Union countries
ISBN : 1785522299

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Far Right Parties and Euroscepticism by Sofia Vasilopoulou Pdf

Offers a systematic analysis of the EU positions of far right parties in Europe.

Author : Olivier Costa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319973913

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The European Parliament in Times of EU Crisis by Olivier Costa Pdf

This book assesses the many changes that have occurred within the European Parliament and in its external relations since the Lisbon treaty (2009) and the last European elections (2014). It is undoubtedly the institution that has evolved the most since the 1950s. Despite the many crises experienced by European integration in the last years, the Parliament is still undergoing important changes in its formal competences, its influence on policy-making, its relations with other EU institutions, its internal organisation and its internal political dynamics. Every contribution deals with the most recent aspects of these evolutions and addresses overlooked topics, providing an overview of the current state of play which challenges the mainstream intergovernmental approach of the EU. This project results from research conducted at the Department of European Political and Governance Studies of the College of Europe. Individual research of several policy analysts of the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) have contributed to this endeavour.

Author : Stella Gianfreda
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030775889

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Where Do the Parties Stand? by Stella Gianfreda Pdf

This book analyses the politicization of immigration and the European Union in Italy, the UK, and the European Parliament (EP) from 2015 to 2020. The book uses the case studies of Italy, the UK, and the EP to study party positioning specifically towards immigration and the European Union, to understand to what extent mainstream-left, mainstream-right and populist parties adopt different framing strategies to compete on the new cultural dimension created by globalization. The book draws on saliency theory, issue ownership theory, and yield theory to investigate the multidimensional nature of political competition, and the relevance of institutional settings in determining party framing strategies. Bridging two fields that typically do not interact—party politics and migration studies—this book fills gaps in the academic literature and as such will be appropriate for students and researchers interested in party politics, European politics, immigration politics, populism, and text analysis.

Author : Lucy Kinski
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030533137

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European Representation in EU National Parliaments by Lucy Kinski Pdf

This book provides an original argument that rejects the idea of national MPs having but one ‘standard’ mode of representation. It acknowledges the national electoral connection, but considers representation beyond national borders. The author empirically investigates such patterns of representation in MPs’ parliamentary speech-making behavior and their attitudes in Austria, Germany, Ireland and the UK. The book analyzes representative claims in parliamentary debates on the Constitutional Treaty, the Lisbon Treaty and the Eurozone crisis, and relies on qualitative interviews with members of the European affairs and budget committees. It finds a Eurosceptic Europeanization in that national MPs from the Eurosceptic left particularly represent other EU citizens.

Author : Joanna Sondel-Cedarmas,Francesco Berti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000520460

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The Right-Wing Critique of Europe by Joanna Sondel-Cedarmas,Francesco Berti Pdf

The Right-Wing Critique of Europe analyses the opposition to the European Union from a variety of right-wing organisations in Western, Central and Eastern Europe. In recent years, opposition to the processes of globalisation and the programme of closer European integration, understood as a threat to the sovereignty of individual member states, has led to an intensification of Eurosceptic sentiments on the Old Continent. The results of the European parliamentary elections in 2014 and 2019, the Brexit referendum and electoral results in different European countries are all testament to the considerable growth of radical populist-nationalist and conservative-sovereignist movements and parties. The common idea that binds these groups, both in Western Europe and in Central and Eastern Europe, is a hostile attitude towards the idea of (an ever-more integrated) united Europe. These parties reject not only the project of building a European federation, but also the current model of the European Union and the values underlying its attitudes. They are united by their criticism of EU policies, in particular those concerning security, emigration, multiculturalism, gender equality and the rights of minorities, as well as economic liberalism and the common currency. However, this criticism manifests itself with varying degrees of intensity, and not all parties fit the classic definition of Euroscepticism but instead represent its mild form, Eurorealism. The authors bring together reflections on the organic and complex critique of the European Union, its policies and cultural and ideological character. The book provides a comparative analysis of this criticism at the transnational level. This book will be of interest to researchers of European politics, the radical right and Euroscepticism. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com , has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution- Non Commercial- No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Ludger Helms
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317970316

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Parliamentary Opposition in Old and New Democracies by Ludger Helms Pdf

Previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies, this volume offers a broad comparative assessment of the many faces of parliamentary opposition in different political, legal and cultural settings. Issues of political opposition, and of parliamentary opposition in particular, are at the very heart of the study of democratic processes in different parts of the world. Written by leading scholars in the field, this book looks both at the core features of the parliamentary opposition itself and its role in the legislative and wider political process. This includes an inquiry into the manifold challenges that the parliamentary opposition in many countries has come to face in the more recent past, in particular the rise of different non-parliamentary opposition actors. The countries covered in this volume include the old democracies of the Anglo-Saxon world, continental Europe and Japan, and the new democracies and democratizing regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and South Africa. Another chapter looks at the manifestations of parliamentary opposition within the multi-level system of the European Union

Author : Petra Ahrens,Anna Elomäki,Johanna Kantola
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030940126

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European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times by Petra Ahrens,Anna Elomäki,Johanna Kantola Pdf

This open access book provides the first ever authoritative collection of scholarly insights, based upon original research, into the political groups of the EP tackling the fundamental changes since the Lisbon Treaty and the upsurge of radical right parties. It analyses political groups and their importance from multiple perspectives critically assessing their role and significance in EU politics. Each chapter is authored by leading scholars in the field, working on key topics in relation to political groups: political group formation and function, their role in parliamentary and EU policy-making, the way that Eurosceptic MEPs influence (or not) the Parliament, and the nature and form of interactions with external actors. In doing so, each chapter opens hitherto unexplored ‘black boxes’ in the political work of the EP, such as the internal practices of, and power relations within the political groups, and informal arenas of intra-group decision-making.

Author : Amie Kreppel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521000793

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The European Parliament and Supranational Party System by Amie Kreppel Pdf

This book examines the impact of legislative and political authority on the internal development of the European Parliament.

Author : Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt,Per Ekman,Anna Michalski,Lars Oxelheim
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031223976

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The EU between Federal Union and Flexible Integration by Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt,Per Ekman,Anna Michalski,Lars Oxelheim Pdf

Against a backcloth of tumultuous events in Europe, the EU faces once again the fateful question of moving towards federal union or let flexible integration guide the Union. The sixth volume in Interdisciplinary European Studies explores the coexistence of deepening political integration and flexible patterns of integration in the EU. The book brings together scholars from economics, law, and political science to provide insights into issues with a bearing on the future of the EU: the crisis of rule of law and political values, the move towards a European defence union, the power of the new European public prosecutor’s office, the prospects of financial stability through the Recovery and Resilience facility, and the state of European parliamentary democracy. The chapters are based on up-to-date research findings and succinct assessments of the current state of affairs and ongoing debates. They conclude with policy recommendations for decision-makers on European and national levels.

Author : Marta Lorimer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198892397

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Europe as Ideological Resource by Marta Lorimer Pdf

How did the far right go from illegitimate fringe to contender for public office, and did Europe have anything to do with it? Europe as Ideological Resource argues that European integration functioned as an ideological resource for far right parties looking for legitimation because it enabled them to refashion their political message in a more acceptable form, while maintaining the allegiance of their existing supporters. Drawing on the qualitative analysis of over 400 documents produced by the Movimento Sociale Italiano/Alleanza Nazionale in Italy (1978-2009) and the Rassemblement National in France (1978-2019), Lorimer identifies the core concepts and discourses the parties used to talk about Europe, and the legitimation mechanisms associated with them. The book's narrative is developed through the analysis of four key concepts: the concept of identity, which enabled the parties to transnationalise their message and create a positive association between themselves and Europe; the concept of liberty, which made it possible for them to foster an image of actors holding uncontroversial positions; the concept of threat, which helped them promote the idea that 'desperate times call for desperate measures; and the concept of national interest, which helped them stress commitment to core principles in their ideology. Ever since its re-emergence on the European political scene, scholars have sought to explain the mainstreaming of the far right. By understanding how the process of European integration facilitated its transition from the margins to the mainstream, this book adds one piece to the puzzle of far right legitimation.

Author : Elisabetta De Giorgi,Catherine Moury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317407331

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Government-Opposition in Southern European Countries during the Economic Crisis by Elisabetta De Giorgi,Catherine Moury Pdf

As a result of the financial crisis, opposition parties have had to choose between the need to cooperate with the majority in order to contribute to necessary socio-economic changes, and the opportunity to stress their adversarial position vis-à-vis governments taking radical and unpopular measures. This book examines how opposition parties address this dilemma. It relies on a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the behaviour of the opposition parties in parliament, in light of the socio-economic issues that have arisen in recent years. It focuses in particular on the impact that the economic malaise has had on the government-opposition dynamics in the four southern European democracies most acutely hit by the crisis: Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, as well as in the European Parliament. Each chapter utilizes a combination of empirical data analysis and qualitative process-tracking to understand the opposition parties’ complicated choice between supporting and dissenting. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies.

Author : John FitzGibbon,Benjamin Leruth,Nick Startin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317422501

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Euroscepticism as a Transnational and Pan-European Phenomenon by John FitzGibbon,Benjamin Leruth,Nick Startin Pdf

As the EU enters an increasingly uncertain phase after the 2016 Brexit referendum, Euroscepticism continues to become an increasingly embedded phenomenon within party systems, non-party groups and within the media. Yet, academic literature has paid little attention to the emergence of, and increased development of, transnational and pan-European networks of EU opposition. As the ‘gap’ between Europe’s mainstream political elites and an increasingly sceptical public has widened, pan-European spheres of opposition towards the EU have developed and evolved. The volume sets out to explain how such an innately contradictory phenomenon as transnational Euroscepticism has emerged. It draws on a variety of perspectives and case studies in a number of spheres – the European Parliament, political parties, the media, civil society and public opinion. Examining to what extent the pan-European dimension of Euroscepticism is becoming increasingly influential, it argues that opposition to European integration has for too long been viewed somewhat narrowly, through the paradigm of national party politics. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and professionals in EU politics, European studies, political parties, and more broadly to comparative politics and international relations.

Author : Neil Carter,Daniel Keith,Gyda M. Sindre,Sofia Vasilopoulou
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429554414

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The Routledge Handbook of Political Parties by Neil Carter,Daniel Keith,Gyda M. Sindre,Sofia Vasilopoulou Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Political Parties provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the study of political parties provided by leading experts in the field. In an era of widespread political disillusionment, political parties are often the main targets of citizen dissatisfaction, yet they are the key institutions that make democracy work. Analysing political parties in unrivalled depth and breath, with comparative thematic chapters throughout, as well as a dedicated section on political parties and party politics in specific country and regional settings, this handbook examines and illuminates the key questions around: how parties organise; how their ideologies have evolved over time; their relationship with society; how they differentiate themselves and how they respond to new social, economic, and political developments. The Routledge Handbook of Political Parties is essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners involved in and actively concerned about research in the study of political parties, party systems, and party politics.