Politicizing Europe in the National Electoral Arena: A Comparative Analysis of Five West European Countries, 1970-2010
Politicizing Europe in the National Electoral Arena: A Comparative Analysis of Five West European Countries, 1970-2010
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DOI：
10.1111/jcms.12133
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发表时间：
2014-09-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Grande, Edgar
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作者：
Hutter, Swen;Grande, Edgar
尽管政治化已成为欧洲一体化研究的一个关键概念，但欧洲问题是否、何时以及在何种程度上在国内政治舞台上政治化仍存在争议。本文从概念和实证角度对这一讨论做出了贡献。它利用一种新的多维政治化指数，系统地追踪了1970年代至2010年西欧五个国家（奥地利、英国、法国、德国和瑞士）国家竞选中政治化的发展情况。研究结果提供了明确的证据，表明欧洲在过去几十年中确实已经政治化。此外，还确定了实现这种政治化的两条不同路径。其中一条道路由右翼民粹主义激进政党主导，而另一条道路则由政府和反对派主流政党之间的冲突塑造。在这两条道路上，成员资格冲突都发挥着重要作用，并且使用了文化认同框架策略。
Although politicization has become a key concept in European integration studies, it is still contested whether, when and to what extent European issues have become politicized in domestic political arenas. This article contributes to this discussion both in conceptual and empirical terms. It uses a new multidimensional index of politicization to systematically trace the development of politicization in national election campaigns in five West European countries (Austria, Britain, France, Germany and Switzerland) from the 1970s to 2010. The findings provide clear evidence that Europe has indeed been politicized in the past decades. Moreover, two different paths towards such a politicization are identified. One of these paths is dominated by populist radical parties from the right, while the other path is shaped by the conflict between mainstream parties in government and opposition. On both paths, conflicts over membership play an important role and cultural-identitarian framing strategies are used.