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Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3668908346
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - Topic: International Organisations, grade: 1,0, , language: English, abstract: Euroscepticism is a phenomenon that has evolved in many EU-member states in the last decade and has quite clearly manifested itself in the Brexit debate. Italy, despite being a founding member and historically pro-European, also started to establish Eurosceptic approaches and tends to blame the EU, especially the Euro, for its economic problems. This paper seeks to analyze the origin of Euroscepticism in Italy by looking at the reform programs that were imposed after the Maastricht convergence criteria required prospective members to cut their deficit and debt ratio. The resulting cuts in social expenditure created a public opposition towards the EU. Yet, even though Euroscepticism evolved, the Maastricht treaty can be seen both as an opportunity and a challenge. The emergence of Euroscepticism, however, is a general threat to the functioning and credibility of the EU. There are numerous reasons for countries to develop Euroscepticism. As for the Italian case, some scholars explain Euroscepticism by the accumulation of external historical factors, like the Maastricht Treaty of 1992.
Author: Paolo Graziano
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415574919
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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This book examines the impact of Europeanization on the domestic politics of EU member states, focussing on agricultural policy, cohesion policy and employment policy with a detailed comparative case study on Italy. Though a founding member, Italy has often had an uneasy relationship with the EU and found it difficult to be influential in EU politics and to comply effectively with EU policies and institutional pressures. The main focus of this book is the analysis of Italy-EU relationship from a policy-based perspective, adopting the conceptual lenses developed by Europeanization research. By looking at the evolution of agricultural, regional cohesion and employment policy the book shows how the politics of adaptation have brought Italy closer to Europe in the past twenty years and further highlights the impact of the EU-Italy relationship on domestic institutions and politics. The author explains that even though Italy has increasingly learned to respect EU membership requirements, its influence over agenda setting within the EU remains limited. Europeanization and Domestic Policy Change will be of interest to students and scholars of European Politics, Europeanization, comparative politics and Italian politics.
Author: Danilo Di Mauro
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331942954X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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The book addresses the topic of EU legitimacy by exploring the forms, origins and effects of citizens' support to EU institutions. Through examining the wide-ranging levels of support, the authors show how these multi-faceted attitudes cast shade on the outdated, somewhat one-dimensional concept of Euroscepticism. Di Mauro and Memoli not only observe how political issues and the economic crisis affect public opinion, but also demonstrate how national contexts play a crucial role in shaping attitudes towards Europe at any level of support. This volume shows how the lack of accountability in the EU system makes it increasingly vulnerable to the negative effects of economic and societal shocks, and the 'national lens' that we view the EU through influences our voting choices.
Author: Susannah Verney
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317996119
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
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Euroscepticism has emerged as a growing constraint on European integration, starting with the Maastricht Treaty in the early 1990s, continuing with the mid-2000s constitutional debacle and intensifying with the eurozone crisis – a crisis in which Southern Europe has played a key role. But is opposition to European integration really greater now than in the past? The only way to answer this question is through diachronic studies, focusing on change over time. This is the gap in the literature which the present volume aims to fill, through an examination of the origins, evolution and prospects of opposition to integration, focusing on a region traditionally regarded as exceptionally europhile. As a laboratory for the study of attitudes towards European integration, Southern Europe offers a particularly rich range of case studies, including a founder member (Italy), three ‘second generation’ states (Greece, Spain and Portugal), two recent entrants (Cyprus and Malta) and a negotiating candidate (Turkey). The volume traces the evolution of euroscepticism in each South European country, assessing its significance, identifying key turning-points and highlighting both continuity and change. Covering party and popular euroscepticism, the book illuminates similarities and differences between national experiences of euroscepticism. This book was published as a special issue of South European Society and Politics.
Author: Daniela Preda
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788815271372
Category : Political Science
Languages : it
Pages : 500
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Author: John FitzGibbon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317422503
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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As the EU enters an increasingly uncertain phase after the 2016 Brexit referendum, Euroscepticism continues to become an increasingly embedded phenomenon within party systems, non-party groups and within the media. Yet, academic literature has paid little attention to the emergence of, and increased development of, transnational and pan-European networks of EU opposition. As the ‘gap’ between Europe’s mainstream political elites and an increasingly sceptical public has widened, pan-European spheres of opposition towards the EU have developed and evolved. The volume sets out to explain how such an innately contradictory phenomenon as transnational Euroscepticism has emerged. It draws on a variety of perspectives and case studies in a number of spheres – the European Parliament, political parties, the media, civil society and public opinion. Examining to what extent the pan-European dimension of Euroscepticism is becoming increasingly influential, it argues that opposition to European integration has for too long been viewed somewhat narrowly, through the paradigm of national party politics. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and professionals in EU politics, European studies, political parties, and more broadly to comparative politics and international relations.
Author: Rebecca Adler-Nissen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107043212
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 267
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This book provides the first in-depth account of how European Union opt-outs and differentiated integration work in practice.
Author: Cesáreo R. Aguilera de Prat
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Elections
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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This book analyses in detail the electoral manifestos and programmes presented by twenty-two parties during the European Parliamentary elections in 2009. The research indicates that radical right-wing parties usually have Europhobic impulses, however, radical left-wing parties are, in theory, favourable to European integration, but dispute the direction currently imposed by the EU authorities.
Author: Emidio Diodato
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319550624
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 123
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This book aims to provide an overview of Italian foreign policy from the moment of unification to the establishment of the European Union. Three turning points are crucial in order to clarify Italy’s foreign policy: 1861, the proclamation of the Italian Kingdom; 1943, when Italy surrendered in World War II; 1992, the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. The international position of Italy continues to be an enigma for many observers and this fuels misinterpretations and prejudices. This book argues that Italy is different but not divergent from other European countries. Italian elites have traditionally seen foreign policy as an instrument to secure the state and import models for development. Italy can still contribute to international security and the strengthening of the EU. At the same time, Italy is not a pure adaptive country and has always maintained a critical attitude towards the international system in which it is incorporated.
Author: Michael Burrage
Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
ISBN: 9781906837815
Category : European Union countries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Brexit debate that has taken hold of the country is one of the defining issues of our time. The outcome of the EU referendum in June will have ramifications that will be felt for generations to come. But the discussion is curiously one-sided. The polls show that the British people are fairly evenly split between those who would stay and those who would leave - and very few would give the present arrangement a ringing endorsement. Yet all the resources of government and big business have been thrown behind an information campaign designed to ensure the UK remains a member of the EU at all costs.The Eurosceptic's Handbook tries to help rebalance the debate, and arm those with doubts about the EU with the counter-arguments they need to make an objective judgement. Michael Burrage, whose previous Civitas publications have earned praise for overturning the received wisdom about the EU's supposed trade benefits, here takes a broader look at the pros and cons of EU membership.Standing back from the spin and hyperbole of Project Fear, Burrage surveys the evidence from Britain's involvement with Brussels since it joined the European Economic Community in 1973.He exposes the flaws in the arguments that have been made along the way for Britain's continued membership. He lays bare the costs - financial and democratic - to every UK citizen of sticking with the European project. And he explains why, if Britain votes to leave, it will have nothing to fear - and much to gain.--
