Bulletin n. 3/2008
February 2009
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Debus Marc, Tosun Jale
    Parteien, Regierungen und Europäische Integration: Welche Faktoren bestimmen die europapolitischen Positionen nationaler politischer Akteure?
    in Oesterreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft , 2008/3 ,  2008 ,  315-335
    Political Parties, Governments, and European Integration: Which Factors Determine the European Stance of National Political Actors? This paper scrutinizes the positions of member state governments and national political parties towards European integration by using original data on Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The data gathered through the use of the wordscore technique offer two interesting insights: First, while both government and party stances have become more integration-friendly over time, the respective positions of governments and parties tend to diverge. Second, the EU stances of governments and parties is not only determined by ideological factors but also by the preferences of the electorate. In this vein, our study does not only provide additional support for empirical claims made by other scholars but also makes a genuine contribution for a more detailed theoretical understanding of the linkage between EU-related government and party positions.
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