Political parties and Euroscepticism /

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Author / Creator:Topaloff, Liubomir K., 1973-
Imprint:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Description:xx, 258 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Palgrave studies in European Union politics
Palgrave studies in European Union politics.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8902110
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ISBN:9780230361768
0230361765
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Defining Party-Based Euroscepticism: Structure, Processes, and Actors
  • The process: euroscepticism as a political issue
  • Party-based euroscepticism
  • The structure: euroscepticism and integration
  • The actors: central and peripheral ones
  • 2. The 'Dark' Side of Democratization from Below
  • The road to euroscepticism
  • Historical review: the need for reforms
  • Empirical evidence
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Euroscepticism: Old Cleavages or New Strategies
  • Theories and models of euroscepticism
  • Empirical analysis
  • Case study of two French 'strange bedfellows'
  • Conclusion
  • 4. The Shadow of the Future
  • Democracy and populism - a 'nested game'
  • Empirical testing
  • Conclusion
  • 5. The Specter of CoaMtlonability
  • Strategic assessment
  • Empirical evidence
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index