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Elite-Mass Linkages in the Preference Formation on Differentiated Integration
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Abstract How does the public form preferences about differentiated integration (DI)? The literature on mass-elite linkages offers two perspectives: top-down, political elites cue the public, or bottom-up, political elites react to public preferences. This paper develops expectations based on both perspective... mehr
How does the public form preferences about differentiated integration (DI)? The literature on mass-elite linkages offers two perspectives: top-down, political elites cue the public, or bottom-up, political elites react to public preferences. This paper develops expectations based on both perspectives, and presents novel empirical data on citizens, political parties, and governments to test them. We distinguish preferences over differentiated policy integration, like 'Opt-Outs', from preferences over polity differentiation, such as 'Two-Speed Europe'. Although our evidence is observational and therefore cannot establish causal relationships between elites and the mass public, our results are most compatible with the notion of a top-down linkage. This is because DI preferences are generally of low salience, and first revealed at the European level in the context of negotiations. Subsequently, this revelation of DI preferences shapes domestic discussions about DI, especially at the level of political parties. Yet, this mostly pertains to situations when governments do not yet have clear DI preferences of their own, meaning government preferences are not yet formed and revealed in the context of the supranational negotiations. Overall, this study suggests that mass-elite linkage in the preference formation on DI might be more tenuous than either the top-down or bottom-up perspective might assume.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Eurobarometer; EU; Integration; Präferenz; politische Elite; Öffentlichkeit; politische Integration
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
differentiated integration; preference formation; mass-elite linkages
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 1663-1683
Zeitschriftentitel
JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, 60 (2022)
Heftthema
6
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13339
ISSN
1468-5965
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)