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Value-Based Ideas or Material Interests? An Explanation of Polish Governmental Preference Formation towards Eurozone Accession
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Abstract Why did Poland not join the Eurozone despite being integrated economically and dependent on investments and trade with existing Eurozone countries? The reluctance of its government seems puzzling taking into consideration Polish economic exposure to Eurozone countries as well as its commitment to sw... view more
Why did Poland not join the Eurozone despite being integrated economically and dependent on investments and trade with existing Eurozone countries? The reluctance of its government seems puzzling taking into consideration Polish economic exposure to Eurozone countries as well as its commitment to switch to the euro stemming from EU treaties. The Polish governmental position on Eurozone accession demonstrates that monetary integration is not only an economic and legal issue, but it also results from political decisions of individual governments. This paper argues that a complementary understanding of the position of the Polish government on Eurozone accession is possible by looking at domestic ideas and interests. For this aim, the societal approach to governmental preference formation is employed. It focuses on the influence of domestic ideas (value-based collective expectations of voters) and interests (cost-benefit calculations of lobby groups) on governmental positions. In applying the societal approach, this paper has two goals: first, to show that the Polish governments’ reluctance to join the Eurozone stems from domestic societal pressures (value-based ideas and material interests) and, second, to specify the conditions for either ideas’ or interests’ individual bearing on the government’s preference.... view less
Keywords
Poland; domestic policy; Eurozone; monetary union; Euro; economic integration; public opinion; discourse analysis; case study
Classification
European Politics
Free Keywords
societal approach; Eurozone accession; ZA7500: European Values Study 2017: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2017); Standard Eurobarometer 78 (ZA5685); Flash Eurobarometer 400 (ZA5910); Standard Eurobarometer 83 (ZA5998); Flash Eurobarometer 453 (ZA6859)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 100-115
Journal
Polish Political Science Review, 8 (2020) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/ppsr-2020-0007
ISSN
2353-3773
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0