Politicizing European Integration [electronic resource] : Struggling with the Awakening Giant /
Hoeglinger, Dominic.author.
This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the timely question of the politicization of European integration. It shows how this issue's complex linkages with traditional political divides pose a tough challenge to politicians and lead to bitter framing contests about its actual meaning.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Scope and distinguishing features of this study; Outline of the book; 2 The Challenging Politicization of a Multi-Faceted Issue; A comprehensive approach to studying politicization; Politicians' strategies for politicizing Europe; Disentangling the European integration issue; European integration and the general political space; 3 Public Debates as a Source of Political Data; Why public debates matter for the study of politics; From newspaper articles to political data - nuclear-sentence coding
Validity and reliability of mass media dataThe six Western European countries under examination; Conclusion; 4 Dynamics and Participants of the Public Debate on Europe; Institutional events as main drivers of the European integration debate; The content of the debate - deepening and enlargement as main concerns; The standing of political actors - party politicians in control of Europe; Conclusion; 5 How European Integration Orientations Are Structured; Three models to explain European integration orientations; Beyond the inverted U-curve - orientations toward a disentangled European issue
Conclusion6 To Speak or Not to Speak of Europe - Issue-Emphasis Strategies; Why politicians (de-)emphasize European integration; European integration issue emphasis in election campaigns; Which Europe do you mean? European integration sub-issue emphasis; Conclusion; 7 The Framing of European Integration; Frame analysis and the study of European integration politics; What Europe is all about - empirical results of the frame analysis; Conclusion; 8 Wide Awake or Fast Asleep? - The Limited Politicization of Europe
A political issue that can rock the boat? - measuring the politicization of EuropeConclusion; 9 Conclusion; The multiple linkages of Europe with traditional political divides; The limited politicization of Europe - then, now, and the future; Appendix: Additional Tables; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the timely question of the politicization of European integration. It shows how this issue's complex linkages with traditional political divides pose a tough challenge to politicians and lead to bitter framing contests about its actual meaning.
European Union.
Europe—Politics and government.
Political science.
Public policy.
Comparative politics.
Democracy.
European Union Politics.
European Politics.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
Comparative Politics.
Democracy.