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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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
EU; election; match; party; election campaign; European Parliament
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
European Parliament; European Union; European election; dimensions of competition; party goals; political parties
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 41-49
Journal
Politics and Governance, 8 (2020) 1
Issue topic
Political Behavior in the EU Multi-Level System
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed