Euroscepticism in the Nordic region
In: Journal of European integration: Revue d'intégration européenne, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 87-114
ISSN: 1477-2280
56 Ergebnisse
Sortierung:
In: Journal of European integration: Revue d'intégration européenne, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 87-114
ISSN: 1477-2280
In: British elections & parties review, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 95-110
ISSN: 1368-9886
In: Perspectives on European politics and society: journal of intra-European dialogue, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 23-42
ISSN: 1570-5854
World Affairs Online
In: Perspectives on European politics and society, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 23-41
ISSN: 1568-0258
In: Perspectives on European politics and society, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 23-41
ISSN: 1568-0258
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 43, Heft 4, S. 635-656
ISSN: 1475-6765
Abstract. This article examines why the electorate in German‐speaking Switzerland has consistently opposed joining the European Union. It first shows that the region scores highly on a range of general correlates of negative attitudes towards European integration. However, this is compounded by more idiosyncratic factors, above all by the German‐speaking Swiss' peculiar political and cultural position. On the one hand, as Swiss they belong to a state that lacks a single national culture, is defined in civic and institutional rather than cultural terms, and therefore appears more vulnerable in the face of the European Union's own civic and institutional ambitions. On the other hand, as Swiss‐Germans, they belong to a cultural and linguistic region whose cultural boundaries are relatively fragile and lack institutional backup and articulation. Caught in this identitive double bind, the Swiss‐German electorate has developed an underlying sense of vulnerability and a desire to limit exposure to the outside world.
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 43, Heft 4, S. 635-656
ISSN: 0304-4130
In: Journal of European integration: Revue d'intégration européenne, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 35-58
ISSN: 1477-2280
In: Journal of European integration: Revue d'intégration européenne, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 59-86
ISSN: 1477-2280
In: European Studies
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 363-388
ISSN: 1475-6765
Abstract. With the recent acceleration of the integration process of the European Union there has been a rise in political parties expressing either scepticism or outright criticism of the nature of the integration process. Using a four–fold differentiation between single issue, protest, established parties and factions within parties, the first part of the article presents an overview of Euroscepticism within EU member states and Norway. This reveals the diversity of sources of Euroscepticism both in ideology and in the types of parties that are Eurosceptical but with a preponderance of protest parties taking Eurosceptical positions. The second part of the article is an attempt to map Euroscepticism in West European party systems through a consideration of ideology and party position in the party system. The conclusions are that Euroscepticism is mainly limited to parties on the periphery of their party system and is often there used as an issue that differentiates those parties from the more established parties which are only likely to express Euroscepticism through factions. Party based Euroscepticism is therefore both largely dependent on domestic contextual factors and a useful issue to map emergent domestic political constellations.
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 363-388
ISSN: 0304-4130
With the recent acceleration of the integration process of the European Union there has been a rise in political parties expressing either scepticism or outright criticism of the nature of the integration process. Using a four-fold differentiation between single issue, protest, established parties and factions within parties, the first part of the article presents an overview of Euroscepticism within EU member states and Norway. This reveals the diversity of sources of Euroscepticism both in ideology and in the types of parties that are Eurosceptical but with a preponderance of protest parties taking Eurosceptical positions. The second part of the article is an attempt to map Euroscepticism in West European party systems through a consideration of ideology and party position in the party system. The conclusions are that Euroscepticism is mainly limited to parties on the periphery of their party system and is often there used as an issue that differentiates those parties from the more established parties which are only likely to express Euroscepticism through factions. Party based Euroscepticism is therefore both largely dependent on domestic contextual factors and a useful issue to map emergent domestic political constellations. (European Journal of Political Research / FUB)
World Affairs Online
In: Electoral Studies, Band 19, Heft 4, S. 539-561
In: Electoral studies: an international journal, Band 19, Heft 4, S. 539-562
ISSN: 0261-3794