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Coming in from the cold? Euroscepticism and government participation and party positions on Europe

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posted on 2023-06-07, 23:22 authored by Paul TaggartPaul Taggart, Aleks SzczerbiakAleks Szczerbiak
The focus of the article is to use the changed landscape of Euroscepticism to look broadly across a set of cases of government participation by parties holding Eurosceptical positions to examine whether government participation has an effect on their European positions and whether participation by Eurosceptic parties in government has had an effect on their European policy. In general, while there does seem to be a moderating effect of government participation on a party's Euroscepticism, there are notable cases of Eurosceptic party participation in government having some discernible impact on policy, but under somewhat specific conditions. The impact is clearly different for major and minor parties and, in the case of the latter, moderating their Euroscepticism is often a signifier of a wider process of party mainstreaming. In some cases, while parties continue to use Eurosceptic rhetoric when in office, this does not appear to translate into substantial policy change

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Journal of Common Market Studies

ISSN

0021-9886

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Issue

1

Volume

51

Page range

17-37

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-12-06

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2012-12-06

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