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The central concern ofThe Europeanization of National Polities? is
to know and describe how far EU 'legal' citizens feel that they are
actually part of a functioning European political system and how
much they think of themselves as EU citizens. The authors report
evidence of the levels of European identity, sense of EU
representation and preferences for EU policy scope among European
mass publics, which are the main dimensions of EU citizenship. The
analysis uses a new comparative dataset on EU attitudes derived
from a survey in 16 EU countries plus Serbia in 2007. This study
shows that, despite initial expectations, levels of European
identity, sense of EU representation, and preferences for EU policy
scope among European mass publics did not display a strong trend in
any particular direction during the period between 1975 and 2007.
However, there are interesting variations in these measures of EU
citizenship both across individuals and across countries that are
described and explained by reference to a series of relevant
hypotheses. The book pays particular attention to the
inter-linkages among the three dimensions of citizenship itself. EU
identity, representation and scope are all reciprocally related,
but the representation dimension is key to the development of a
generalised sense of a sense of citizenship at the EU level. This
in turn places a significant premium on the need to address popular
doubts about the EU's 'democratic deficit'.
Post-Communist Party Systems examines democratic party competition in four postcommunist polities in the mid-1990s, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Legacies of precommunist rule turn out to play as much a role in accounting for differences as the institutional differences incorporated in the new democratic rules of the game. The book demonstrates various developments within the four countries with regard to different voter appeal of parties, patterns of voter representation, and dispositions to join other parties in legislative or executive alliances. The authors also present interesting avenues of comparison for broader sets of countries.
Post-Communist Party Systems examines democratic party competition in four postcommunist polities in the mid-1990s, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Legacies of precommunist rule turn out to play as much a role in accounting for differences as the institutional differences incorporated in the new democratic rules of the game. The book demonstrates various developments within the four countries with regard to different voter appeal of parties, patterns of voter representation, and dispositions to join other parties in legislative or executive alliances. The authors also present interesting avenues of comparison for broader sets of countries.
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