Taking Cues on Europe? Voter competence and party endorsements in referendums on European integration
Taking Cues on Europe? Voter competence and party endorsements in referendums on European integration
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借鉴欧洲的经验？
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2007
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S. Hobolt
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S. Hobolt
摘要：对直接民主的批评之一是，公民缺乏足够的知识来直接投票决定政策问题。 法国和荷兰就《宪法条约》举行的全民投票中的“反对”票突出了在全民投票中审查选民能力的重要性。本文提出了一个评估欧盟公民投票能力的理论框架。它表明，欧盟公民投票中的合格投票是基于特定问题的偏好，并需要政治信息。由于大多数选民对欧洲一体化没有什么详细的了解，他们在决定如何投票时依赖于直觉和暗示。重要的问题是，选民需要多少和哪种类型的信息来做出有能力的选择。本文探讨是否以及在什么条件下，使用党的背书作为信息线索，可以提高欧盟公民投票的能力。这些理论问题的研究在1994年挪威欧盟成员国公民投票的分析。
Abstract. One of the criticisms often levelled against direct democracy is that citizens lack sufficient knowledge to vote directly on policy issues. The ‘No’ votes in the French and Dutch referendums on the Constitutional Treaty have highlighted the importance of examining voter competence in referendums. This article proposes a theoretical framework for evaluating competence in EU referendums. It suggests that competent voting in EU referendums is based on issue-specific preferences and requires political information. Since most voters have little detailed knowledge of European integration, they rely on heuristics and cues when deciding how to vote. The important question is how much and which type of information voters require to make competent choices. This article examines whether and under what conditions the use of party endorsements as information cues can enhance competent voting in EU referendums. These theoretical questions are examined in an analysis of the 1994 Norwegian referendum on EU membership.