Economic Theory and Western European Integration

1959 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 472
Author(s):  
Pierre Dieterlen ◽  
Tibor Scitovsky
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Western European

Economic Theory and Western European Integration

1959 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-231
Author(s):  
Richard Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Western European

scholarly journals Avoidance, ambiguity, alternation: Position blurring strategies in multidimensional party competition

2021 ◽  
pp. 146511652110274
Author(s):  
Jelle Koedam
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Strategic Behavior ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Political Accountability ◽  
Democratic Representation ◽  
Party Leaders ◽  
Party Strategy ◽  
Political Outcome ◽  
Western European

In a multidimensional environment, parties may have compelling incentives to obscure their preferences on select issues. This study contributes to a growing literature on position blurring by demonstrating how party leaders purposively create uncertainty about where their party stands on the issue of European integration. By doing so, it theoretically and empirically disentangles the cause of position blurring—parties’ strategic behavior—from its intended political outcome. The analysis of survey and manifesto data across 14 Western European countries (1999–2019) confirms that three distinct strategies—avoidance, ambiguity, and alternation—all increase expert uncertainty about a party's position. This finding is then unpacked by examining for whom avoidance is particularly effective. This study has important implications for our understanding of party strategy, democratic representation, and political accountability.

On the Way of Democracy’s Development: FRG and «Europe of Citizens»

2011 ◽  
pp. 33-43
Author(s):  
A. Sindeev
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
The West ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
Western European ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Way

At a first glance, the article is treating a private issue, namely that of the feasibility of the concept of a “Europe of citizens” in the Federal Republic of Germany. However, while discussing it we have to analyze at least three fundamental issues. 1). What is the West German democracy? 2). How democracy and Western/European integration are interlinked? 3). To what extent the concept of a “Europe of citizens” is able to lead both integration and democracy from the currently difficult situation in which are these two main components of the contemporary Western civilization?

Political and economic logic of western european integration A study of convergence comparing member and non-member states, 1980–98

2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Bornschier ◽  
Mark Herkenrath ◽  
Patrick Ziltener
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Member States ◽  
Western European
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