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In: Journal of European social policy, Band 6, Heft 3
ISSN: 0958-9287
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In: Journal of European social policy, Band 6, Heft 3
ISSN: 0958-9287
In: Journal of European social policy, Band 5, Heft 1
ISSN: 0958-9287
In: Journal of European social policy, Band 4, Heft 4
ISSN: 0958-9287
In: International journal / Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Band 53, Heft 2, S. 369-369
ISSN: 2052-465X
In: Contemporary European politics
In: Journal of European social policy, Band 7, Heft 3
ISSN: 0958-9287
In June 2009, European citizens voted in the European Parliamentary elections. Despite the relevance of the election, turnout across countries was particularly low. In Italy, too, abstention is growing and this paper aims to explain why. Traditionally, low turnout in European Parliamentary elections is explained by the fact that they are considered second-order elections and, thus, less important than national elections. According to this perspective, national factors are the main cause of lower turnout as compared to national elections. Thus, it is generally considered that low turnout is not related to citizens' support for the European Union or other European attitudes, such as European identity. In this article, this perspective is questioned and other individual factors are considered. In particular, a number of European attitudes are considered as independent variables together with national factors. The findings show that abstention in European Parliamentary elections in Italy is directly linked to citizens' disaffection with politics, rather than disaffection with government performance. Furthermore, attitudes toward the European Union integration project play a role only when the level of political involvement is high. Thus, European questions matter and turnout in European Parliamentary elections is driven not only by national-level factors, but also by citizens' satisfaction with the European Union and sense of European identity.
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In: Journal of European social policy, Band 7, Heft 1
ISSN: 0958-9287
In: Geopolitics, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 545-571
ISSN: 1557-3028
In: Studies in film, televison and the media
In: Notat paper / Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt, 466
World Affairs Online
In: The Government and Politics of the European Union, S. 48-58
In: The Government and Politics of the European Union, S. 57-81
The paper discusses recent propositions that forms of a European exceptionalism are now emerging. The paper first asks what makes a political entity exceptionalist. For this purpose inspiration is sought in American exceptionalism as a model. The paper then discusses whether Europe displays comparable features in the fields of international legal policy and domestic rights culture. It also asks whether there are other aspects of European governance which could make it plausible to speak of a European exceptionalism. The paper concludes that it is misleading to use the term European exceptionalism because the underlying phenomena are not comparable what is usually understood as American exceptionalism.
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In: European Union politics: EUP, Band 18, Heft 4, S. 658-677
ISSN: 1741-2757