Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
  1. Home
  2. Search

Refine search

Refine search

Access:
Content type:
Publication date:
Apply   From and To filters
Subject: Show more
Journals Show more
Publishers: Show more
Societies Show more
Series: Show more
Collections: Show more

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×

1 results

  • 2 - The Politicization of European Cooperation

  • Christina J. Schneider, University of California, San Diego
  • Book:
    The Responsive Union
    Published online:
    29 October 2018
    Print publication:
    01 November 2018, pp 17-41

  • Summary

    The chapter provides a discussion and a historical overview of the changing motives for EU governments to act responsively in EU negotiations. Employing a variety of different data sources at the national and the European level, I demonstrate that European incumbent governments are increasingly pressured to signal that their conduct in the European Union is responsive to the preferences of their citizens. In particular, incumbents are increasingly worried about their reelection chances because of the increasing partisan dealignment and electoral volatility. These governments dearly want to appear responsive to their electorates for this very reason, but they face mounting challenges to use policies at the national level to achieve this goal. At the same time, European integration has politicized domestically, and consequently EU level negotiations and policies have become electorally more relevant to domestic voters. In turn, they have become more likely to hold their governments accountable for their policy choices and the negotiation outcomes they can achieve in the EU.