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Learning the Brexit Lesson? Shifting Support for Direct Democracy in Germany in the Aftermath of the Brexit Referendum
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Abstract The June 2016 Brexit referendum sent international shock waves, possibly causing adjustments in public opinion not only in the UK, but also abroad. We suggest that these adjustments went beyond substantive attitudes on European integration and included procedural preferences towards direct democracy... mehr
The June 2016 Brexit referendum sent international shock waves, possibly causing adjustments in public opinion not only in the UK, but also abroad. We suggest that these adjustments went beyond substantive attitudes on European integration and included procedural preferences towards direct democracy. Drawing on the insight that support for direct democracy can be instrumentally motivated, we argue that the outcome of the Brexit referendum led (politically informed) individuals to update their support for referendums based on their views towards European integration. Using panel data from Germany, we find that those in favour of European integration, especially those with high political involvement, turned more sceptical of the introduction of referendums in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum. Our study contributes to the understanding of preferences for direct democracy and documents a remarkable case of how - seemingly basic - procedural preferences can, in today's internationalized information environment, be shaped by high-profile events abroad.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
direkte Demokratie; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Großbritannien; Volksentscheid; öffentliche Meinung; Meinungsbildung; Panel
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
process preferences; Brexit; opinion updating; international learning; panel data; Wiederholungsbefragte der Wahlkampf-Panels zu den Bundestagswahlen 2013 und 2017 (GLES) (ZA6827 v1.0.0)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 757-765
Zeitschriftentitel
British Journal of Political Science, 53 (2023) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123422000382
ISSN
1469-2112
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)