Dorussen, Han and Nanou, Kyriaki (2006) European Integration, Intergovernmental Bargaining, and Convergence of Party Programmes. European Union Politics, 7 (2). pp. 235-256. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116506063709
Dorussen, Han and Nanou, Kyriaki (2006) European Integration, Intergovernmental Bargaining, and Convergence of Party Programmes. European Union Politics, 7 (2). pp. 235-256. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116506063709
Dorussen, Han and Nanou, Kyriaki (2006) European Integration, Intergovernmental Bargaining, and Convergence of Party Programmes. European Union Politics, 7 (2). pp. 235-256. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116506063709
Abstract
<jats:p> Over the past 50 years, the European Union (EU) has dramatically increased its policy-making power. However, there remains considerable variation over time as well as across policy areas in the relative power of the EU and the member states. The variation is likely to influence EU-wide bargaining. Following the logic of bargaining games with domestically constrained actors, or two-level games, the changes in the bargaining environment may also influence party competition within the member states of the European Union. Using manifesto data for 1951–2001, this article examines convergence of party programmes across Western Europe. It is shown that European integration has increasingly constrained the range of policy platforms. Moreover, we generally find a stronger effect if and when countries are actually members of the EU. European integration bolsters programmatic convergence of Euro-friendly as well as Eurosceptic parties. However, European integration particularly influences the convergence of Eurosceptic parties in EU member states. </jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | intergovernmental bargaining; party competition; policy convergence; two-level game |
Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2015 15:32 |
Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2024 05:16 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074 |