How European Citizens Understand the Economy

Alt, Dorian

doi:10.4324/9781003335610

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“…In France, the 2005 referendum triggered salient national debates on the adverse effects of market integration on the French welfare state, thus popularizing concepts such as 'social Europe' or 'concurrence déloyale' (for example Sternberg, 2018). Like polity politicization, policy politicization can thus be anchored in national meaning structures (Alt, 2021).…”

Section: Policy Politicizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

First Order for some. How Different Forms of Politicization Motivated Voters in the 2019 European Parliamentary Election

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Brandes²,

Nonhoff

2022

J of Common Market Studies

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Different theories of politicization in EP elections entail very different conclusions for EU legitimacy. The somber predictions of second-order election (SOE) theory have been challenged by theories of polity politicization in recent years, but many scholars still believe policy politicization to be most desirable from a normative point of view. Despite its importance, there are few studies investigating the meaning citizens attach to their voting decision, which is crucial for disentangling different forms of politicization. We address this gap by choosing a qualitative and explorative research design, conducting 107 semi-structured interviews in France, Germany and Poland on the day of the 2019 EP elections. Our analysis of voter motivations provides evidence of SOE behavior, but also of European-level polity and policy politicization. The fact that voters are motivated by different forms of politicization challenges the hegemony of SOE theory. For some voters, EP elections are first order. This is good news for EP legitimacy.

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Section: Policy Politicizationmentioning

confidence: 99%