Dolce far niente? Non-compliance and blame avoidance in the EU
Dolce far niente? Non-compliance and blame avoidance in the EU
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甜蜜远近?
DOI:
10.1080/01402382.2021.1909938
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Tim Heinkelmann-Wild
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作者:
Lisa Kriegmair;Berthold Rittberger;Bernhard Zangl;Tim Heinkelmann-Wild
The politicisation of the EU renders blame avoidance for unpopular EU policies an essential task for governments. This article looks at one particular blame avoidance strategy, which governments have at their disposal in the EU policy process: the threat of non-compliance. In order to gauge its effectiveness, we present two competing arguments. According to theblame avoidance hypothesis, non-compliance enables governments to shift responsibility for unpopular policies to the EU, because the public lacks knowledge about EU policy-making. Conversely, theblame attraction hypothesisposits that threats of non-compliance will backfire and blame will stick with the government, because non-compliance mobilises constituents favouring compliance with EU rules. We test these hypotheses by analysing blame attributions in the news media covering the Italian government’s threat not to comply with the EU budget provisions in 2018. The findings support the blame attraction hypothesis, suggesting that domestic compliance constituents can impede governments’ blame-shifting attempts.Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2021.1909938 .
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发表时间:
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影响因子:
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