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Wratil, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0002-7339-9628 (2018). Modes of government responsiveness in the European Union: Evidence from Council negotiation positions. Eur. Union Polit., 19 (1). S. 52 - 75. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 1741-2757

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Abstract

Are national governments responsive to citizens' opinions when negotiating policies in the Council of the European Union? Conceiving of the Council's policy-making space as encompassing left-right and pro-anti integration issues, I argue that governments apply different modes of responsiveness' on these issues. As left-right issues are more reliably and intensely salient in domestic elections than pro-anti integration issues, governments' responsiveness to left-right public opinion should be more systematic than to pro-anti integration opinion. Statistical analyses of 3700 policy positions of governments in the Council demonstrate that governments highly structure their responsiveness on left-right issues according to electoral cycles and systems (systematic mode'). However, they only sporadically respond to public opinion on pro-anti integration issues, when parties and events trigger the public salience of integration (sporadic mode').

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Wratil, Christopher UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7339-9628 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-195304
DOI:	10.1177/1465116517735599
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. Union Polit.
Volume:	19
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 52 - 75
Date:	2018
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1741-2757
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PUBLIC-OPINION; ELECTORAL-POLITICS; INTEGRATION; EU; COMPETITION; DIMENSIONS; SALIENCE; ISSUES Multiple languages Political Science Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/19530