Crises and the Transformation of the National Political Space in Europe

Kriesi, Hanspeter; Hutter, Swen

doi:10.1017/9781108652780.001

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“…1 This stylised view of convergence can be nuanced in several ways. First, globalisation and European integration have led to the rise of challenger parties, particularly populist radical right parties with extreme positions on the socio-cultural dimension (Kriesi and Hutter, 2019). The impact of challenger parties on the convergence/polarisation of party systems and government composition should, however, not be overestimated.…”

Section: Integration and Convergencementioning

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From convergence to congruence: European integration and citizen–elite congruence

Devine

Ibenskas

2021

European Union Politics

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Recent research argues that European integration has led to an ideological convergence of member state party systems, which is purported to have significant consequences for democratic representation. We argue that convergence of party positions is less problematic if congruence between governed and governing is maintained. We therefore turn to test whether integration has had an effect on congruence between the public and their governing elites. Using five measures of integration, two sources of public opinion data, and expert surveys on political parties, we find little evidence that integration into the European Union reduces congruence between the public and the national party system, government or legislature either ideologically or across five issue areas. These results should assuage concerns about integration’s effect on domestic political representation.

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Section: Integration and Convergencementioning

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From convergence to congruence: European integration and citizen–elite congruence

Devine

Ibenskas

2021

European Union Politics

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“…Based on all answers given until the end of 2020, this coding scheme now encompasses 134 categories. We then recoded these 134 categories into 15 issue domains following the coding scheme of Hutter and Kriesi ( 2019 ), as presented in Table 1 . We consider four out of the 15 categories to be globalisation-related: Economic liberalism regroups issues linked to national economic protectionism, global markets, deregulation, privatisation, and reduction of the national deficit and taxes.…”

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A New Social Conflict on Globalisation-Related Issues in Germany? A Longitudinal Perspective

Teney

Rupieper

2023

Köln Z Soziol

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We draw on cleavage theory to assess the emergence of a social conflict concerning globalisation-related issues among the German population between 1989 and 2019. We argue that issue salience and opinion polarisation are key conditions for a successful and sustainable political mobilisation of citizens and thus for the emergence of a social conflict. In line with globalisation cleavage theory, we hypothesised that issue salience as well as overall and between-group opinion polarisation on globalisation-related issues have increased over time. Our study considers four globalisation-related issues: immigration, the European Union (EU), economic liberalism, and the environment. While the salience of the EU and economic liberalism issues remained low during the observed period, we found a recent increase in salience for the issues of immigration (since 2015) and the environment (since 2018). Furthermore, our results point to rather stable attitudes on globalisation-related issues among the German population: We did not find any consistent evidence of an increase in overall or between-group polarisation over time. In conclusion, the idea of an emerging conflict around globalisation-related issues among the German population finds very little empirical support.

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“…The manifestations of this crisis have been widely documented: waning popularity of politicians; low electoral turnouts; rise of populism; emergence of ‘anti-system’ figures; and blurring of left–right divisions or the attempt to overcome them (Mény, 2019). This distrust in politics is now generalised in Europe (Hutter and Kriesi, 2019).…”

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When Bookchin faces Bourdieu. French ‘weak’ municipalism, legitimation crisis and zombie political parties

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The French municipal elections of 2020 were marked by the emergence of ‘citizen lists’ in several cities. These lists are discussed here as ‘weak’ form of new municipalism: they integrate some ideas and logics of new municipalism without having the same level of radicality as the most emblematic international examples of the movement. By analysing these initiatives from a political sociology perspective inspired by Bourdieu’s work on the political field, we develop three main arguments. First, new municipalism in France emerged in response to a deepening political crisis. At the local scale, this crisis is fuelling a misalignment between urban societies and political parties that support entrepreneurial agendas. This has laid out the conditions for the emergence of a new municipalism, formed of complex and contradictory new social alliances. Second, this movement has been dominated by a ‘participationist ideology’. Citizens’ lists have placed strong emphasis on the search for innovative participatory tools, but have invested much less energy in the construction of an alternative urban political platform. Third, we underline the unfinished nature of the new municipalism revolution, where the movement’s impetus has been weakened by the resilience of ‘zombie’ political parties. In the end, the article highlights the need to take into greater consideration existing political and institutional contexts in the study of new municipalism.

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Crises and the Transformation of the National Political Space in Europe

Cited by 25 publications

References 417 publications

From convergence to congruence: European integration and citizen–elite congruence

From convergence to congruence: European integration and citizen–elite congruence

A New Social Conflict on Globalisation-Related Issues in Germany? A Longitudinal Perspective

When Bookchin faces Bourdieu. French ‘weak’ municipalism, legitimation crisis and zombie political parties

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