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Competition in the European Arena: How the Rules of the Game Help Nationalists Gain
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Abstract Why does the European election fail to produce competition between European policy alternatives despite the increased politicization of European integration and efforts to connect election results to the Commission Presidency via the Spitzenkandidaten process? In this article I theorize the European... mehr
Why does the European election fail to produce competition between European policy alternatives despite the increased politicization of European integration and efforts to connect election results to the Commission Presidency via the Spitzenkandidaten process? In this article I theorize the European arena’s incentive structure for political competition by synthesizing Strøm's (1990) behavioral theory of competitive parties (votes, office, policy) and Bartolini’s (1999, 2000) four dimensions of electoral competition (contestability, availability, decidability, and incumbent vulnerability). I model EU decidability (party differentials on EU policy) and formulate specific expectations about party differentiation by considering parties' vote-, office-, and policy-seeking motives under the European arena's specific conditions. How parties behave under the specific incentive structure of the European arena matters for the EU's development as a polity.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
EU; Wahl; Wettkampf; Partei; Wahlkampf; Europaparlament
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
European Parliament; European Union; European election; dimensions of competition; party goals; political parties
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 41-49
Zeitschriftentitel
Politics and Governance, 8 (2020) 1
Heftthema
Political Behavior in the EU Multi-Level System
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)