Political Culture, Values and Economic Utility: A Different Perspective on Norwegian Party-based Euroscepticism
Drawing on a content analysis of party manifestos and a survey of Norwegian MPs, this article examines the nuances in, and the causality of, the different Norwegian parties’ Euroscepticism. The study of the comparative party politics of Euroscepticism, which focuses on ideology and strategy, falls s...
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| description | Drawing on a content analysis of party manifestos and a survey of Norwegian MPs, this article examines the nuances in, and the causality of, the different Norwegian parties’ Euroscepticism. The study of the comparative party politics of Euroscepticism, which focuses on ideology and strategy, falls short of accounting for the Norwegian case, where, unlike other European countries, the parties’ Euroscepticism is exceptionally stable and appears across the political spectrum. Therefore, the article tests an alternative set of theories, drawn from the literature on opinion formation on European integration, to find a more suitable framework for analysing and explaining the motivation of Norwegian Euroscepticism. The analysis shows that Norwegian party-based Euroscepticism can be divided into three types when it comes to its strength and policy opposition, with the Centre Party and the Socialist Left Party on the ‘hardest’ end of the Euroscepticism scale, followed by the Christian Democratic Party and the Liberal Party, and finally, the Labour Party and the Progress Party. Furthermore, the analysis indicates that Norwegian Eurosceptic party stances on Europe are primarily driven by political values and political culture concerns, except for the Progress Party, which base its Eurosceptic motivation on economic utilitarianism and political culture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4947ed3d5ea0430ea23631239c8d61f02022-12-21T23:33:37ZengUACESJournal of Contemporary European Research1815-347X2010-08-0163299315Political Culture, Values and Economic Utility: A Different Perspective on Norwegian Party-based EuroscepticismMarianne S. Skinner0University of BathDrawing on a content analysis of party manifestos and a survey of Norwegian MPs, this article examines the nuances in, and the causality of, the different Norwegian parties’ Euroscepticism. The study of the comparative party politics of Euroscepticism, which focuses on ideology and strategy, falls short of accounting for the Norwegian case, where, unlike other European countries, the parties’ Euroscepticism is exceptionally stable and appears across the political spectrum. Therefore, the article tests an alternative set of theories, drawn from the literature on opinion formation on European integration, to find a more suitable framework for analysing and explaining the motivation of Norwegian Euroscepticism. The analysis shows that Norwegian party-based Euroscepticism can be divided into three types when it comes to its strength and policy opposition, with the Centre Party and the Socialist Left Party on the ‘hardest’ end of the Euroscepticism scale, followed by the Christian Democratic Party and the Liberal Party, and finally, the Labour Party and the Progress Party. Furthermore, the analysis indicates that Norwegian Eurosceptic party stances on Europe are primarily driven by political values and political culture concerns, except for the Progress Party, which base its Eurosceptic motivation on economic utilitarianism and political culture.http://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/204/235EuroscepticismNorwayPolitical parties |
| spellingShingle | Marianne S. Skinner Political Culture, Values and Economic Utility: A Different Perspective on Norwegian Party-based Euroscepticism Journal of Contemporary European Research Euroscepticism Norway Political parties |
| title | Political Culture, Values and Economic Utility: A Different Perspective on Norwegian Party-based Euroscepticism |
| title_full | Political Culture, Values and Economic Utility: A Different Perspective on Norwegian Party-based Euroscepticism |
| title_fullStr | Political Culture, Values and Economic Utility: A Different Perspective on Norwegian Party-based Euroscepticism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Political Culture, Values and Economic Utility: A Different Perspective on Norwegian Party-based Euroscepticism |
| title_short | Political Culture, Values and Economic Utility: A Different Perspective on Norwegian Party-based Euroscepticism |
| title_sort | political culture values and economic utility a different perspective on norwegian party based euroscepticism |
| topic | Euroscepticism Norway Political parties |
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