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6020 results in European government, politics and policy

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  • Inheritance, urbanization, and political change in Europe

  • Mircea Popa
  • Journal:
    European Political Science Review / Volume 11 / Issue 1 / February 2019
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    31 October 2018, pp. 37-56

  • Urbanization and the development of middle and working classes have been proposed as a key explanation for political change in the Western world. This article argues that the traditional inheritance systems practiced across Europe have played an important role in the differential development of these urban classes in the period 1700–1900. Inheritance systems that practice some degree of inequality between heirs will lead to more children, generally younger brothers, leaving the land and taking up urban occupations. A statistical analysis of geographical data shows that regions in which such unequal inheritance was practiced were two to three times more likely to develop urban areas after 1700. This claim is robust to a number of challenges, including country fixed effects, and to only looking at Western Europe. An important mechanism through which the divergence may have occurred is illustrated through a quantitative analysis of pairs of brothers in the UK and Romania, two countries with opposing inheritance traditions.

The Responsive Union
  • National Elections and European Governance
  • Christina J. Schneider
  • Published online:
    29 October 2018
    Print publication:
    01 November 2018
  • The EU faces a serious crisis of democratic legitimacy. Citizens believe that the EU is run by distant and non-responsive political elites. The EU's perceived lack of responsiveness to ordinary citizens poses a threat to its very survival. This timely book presents a comprehensive account of how EU governments signal responsiveness to the interests of their citizens over European policies. Schneider develops and tests a theoretical framework of the intergovernmental dimension of responsive governance in the European Union, using evidence amassed over nearly ten years of multi-method research. The findings show that European cooperation in the Council of the European Union takes place in the shadow of national elections. Governments signal responsiveness to their publics by taking positions that are in the interests of politically relevant voters at the national level, defending these positions throughout negotiations in the Council, and seeking appropriate policy outcomes at the EU level.

  • Lobbying strategies and success: Inside and outside lobbying in European Union legislative politics

  • Iskander De Bruycker, Jan Beyers
  • Journal:
    European Political Science Review / Volume 11 / Issue 1 / February 2019
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    25 October 2018, pp. 57-74

  • In their pursuit of political influence, interest groups face the choice to contact policy elites directly or to generate pressure indirectly by appealing to the public at large. This article examines whether interest groups should prioritize inside or outside lobbying tactics in order to materialize their policy objectives, with a specific focus on European Union legislative policymaking. This article demonstrates that outside lobbying is not inherently more or less successful than inside lobbying; rather, the effect of inside or outside lobbying is conditional on the extent to which additional lobbying tactics are adopted and on the type of policy issues a lobbyist seeks to influence. The empirical approach of this article consists of an extensive media analysis and over 200 interviews with policy practitioners active on 78 policy proposals. The results indicate that outside lobbying leads to policy success when the lobbyist’s policy position enjoys popular endorsement within media debates and when the lobbyist engages in a coalition with other organized interests.

  • EPR volume 10 issue 4 Cover and Back matter

  • Journal:
    European Political Science Review / Volume 10 / Issue 4 / November 2018
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    18 October 2018, pp. b1-b2
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  • EPR volume 10 issue 4 Cover and Front matter

  • Journal:
    European Political Science Review / Volume 10 / Issue 4 / November 2018
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    18 October 2018, pp. f1-f3
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