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Chapter 1. Introducing Discourse Analysis in EU Politics -- Chapter 2 Discourse Analysis as Research Strategy -- Chapter 3. Discourse Analysis, Data and Research Techniques -- Chapter 4. Discourse and EU Policy Making -- Chapter 5. Discourse and the Strategic Usage of Europe -- Chapter 6. Discourse, Myths and Emotions in EU Politics -- Chapter 7. Visual Discourse, Imagery and EU Politics -- Chapter 8. Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

Why does European integration proceed? This article tests among three theories of representation. (1) The "permissive consensus" theory argues that political elites have been able to pursue their own policy interests because of public disinterest. (2) Stimson's (1991) "policy mood" theory argues that public disinterest is a sign that political elites are hewing close enough to public preferences. (3) The "cue-taking" theory argues that a disinterested public's preferences will be correlated with political elite policy positions not because elites are responding to public preferences, but because political elites shape weakly held preferences through their policy positions. A two-stage least squares regression model is used to test among the theories. The results provide support for the policy mood theory. 3 Tables, 42 References. Adapted from the source document.

Examines recent developments among European transnational political parties and their role in relation to European integration; focus on the Party of European Socialists (PES) and the European People's Party (EPP).