The EU Multi-Level System and the Europeanization of Domestic Blame Games
Blame games between governing and opposition parties are a characteristic feature of domestic politics. In the EU, policymaking authority is shared among multiple actors across different levels of governance. How does EU integration affect the dynamics of domestic blame games? Drawing on the literat...
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| author | Tim Heinkelmann-Wild Lisa Kriegmair Berthold Rittberger |
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| description | Blame games between governing and opposition parties are a characteristic feature of domestic politics. In the EU, policymaking authority is shared among multiple actors across different levels of governance. How does EU integration affect the dynamics of domestic blame games? Drawing on the literatures on EU politicisation and blame attribution in multi-level governance systems, we derive expectations about the direction and frequency of blame attributions in a Europeanized setting. We argue, first, that differences in the direction and frequency of blame attributions by governing and opposition parties are shaped by their diverging baseline preferences as blame avoiders and blame generators; secondly, we posit that differences in blame attributions across Europeanized policies are shaped by variation in political authority structures, which incentivize certain attributions while constraining others. We hypothesize, inter alia, that blame games are “Europeanized” primarily by governing parties and when policy-implementing authority rests with EU-level actors. We test our theoretical expectations by analysing parliamentary debates on EU asylum system policy and EU border control policy in Austria and Germany. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-621db732baf24ed180b23dec4e9760c82022-12-22T02:08:03ZengCogitatioPolitics and Governance2183-24632020-02-0181859410.17645/pag.v8i1.25221297The EU Multi-Level System and the Europeanization of Domestic Blame GamesTim Heinkelmann-Wild0Lisa Kriegmair1Berthold Rittberger2Department of Political Science, LMU Munich, GermanyDepartment of Political Science, LMU Munich, GermanyDepartment of Political Science, LMU Munich, GermanyBlame games between governing and opposition parties are a characteristic feature of domestic politics. In the EU, policymaking authority is shared among multiple actors across different levels of governance. How does EU integration affect the dynamics of domestic blame games? Drawing on the literatures on EU politicisation and blame attribution in multi-level governance systems, we derive expectations about the direction and frequency of blame attributions in a Europeanized setting. We argue, first, that differences in the direction and frequency of blame attributions by governing and opposition parties are shaped by their diverging baseline preferences as blame avoiders and blame generators; secondly, we posit that differences in blame attributions across Europeanized policies are shaped by variation in political authority structures, which incentivize certain attributions while constraining others. We hypothesize, inter alia, that blame games are “Europeanized” primarily by governing parties and when policy-implementing authority rests with EU-level actors. We test our theoretical expectations by analysing parliamentary debates on EU asylum system policy and EU border control policy in Austria and Germany.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/2522blame attributionblame-shiftingeuropean unionmulti-level governanceparliamentary debates |
| spellingShingle | Tim Heinkelmann-Wild Lisa Kriegmair Berthold Rittberger The EU Multi-Level System and the Europeanization of Domestic Blame Games Politics and Governance blame attribution blame-shifting european union multi-level governance parliamentary debates |
| title | The EU Multi-Level System and the Europeanization of Domestic Blame Games |
| title_full | The EU Multi-Level System and the Europeanization of Domestic Blame Games |
| title_fullStr | The EU Multi-Level System and the Europeanization of Domestic Blame Games |
| title_full_unstemmed | The EU Multi-Level System and the Europeanization of Domestic Blame Games |
| title_short | The EU Multi-Level System and the Europeanization of Domestic Blame Games |
| title_sort | eu multi level system and the europeanization of domestic blame games |
| topic | blame attribution blame-shifting european union multi-level governance parliamentary debates |
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