Politicizing European Integration

Dominic Hoeglinger is Senior Lecturer at the Department for Political Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland. His research interests lie in political communication, the politics of European integration, and political conflict more generally. He has published articles in journals such as European Journal for Political Research and co-authored Political Conflict in Western Europe (2012).

'The question of politicizing European integration is not only an important question for scholars. It is also a central question in the public debate about the legitimacy of the European Union. With its novel theoretical ideas and impressive data, this book is a must for everyone interested in this question.' Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Professor of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark 'Hoeglinger's study introduces much-needed nuance into academic debates on the politicization of European integration. His account of limited and differentiated politicization primarily manifesting itself in competition between political parties, not debates in the broader citizenry counterbalances a number of exaggerated claims in the literature that miss the true complexity of the phenomenon.' Achim Hurrelmann, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada 'This book is a comprehensive analysis of a topic that has come to frame scholarly debate about Europe the politicization of European integration in domestic contestation. Dominic Hoeglinger engages the core issues in this debate with skill and clarity. The result is a keenly reasoned and empirically rich account that is a vital resource for all those interested in the politics of Europe.' Gary Marks, Burton Craige Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA, and Chair in Multilevel Governance, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands

• List of Tables List of Figures Preface and Acknowledgments PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Scope and Distinguishing features of this study 2. Outline of the book PART II: THE CHALLENGING POLITICIZATION OF A MULTI-FACETED ISSUE 3. A comprehensive approach to studying politicization 4. Politicians' strategies for politicizing Europe 5. Disentangling the European integration issue 6. European integration and the general political space PART III: PUBLIC DEBATES AS A SOURCE OF POLITICAL DATA 7. Why public debates matter for the study of politics 8. From newspaper articles to political data - Nuclear-sentence coding 9. Validity and reliability of mass media data 10. The six Western European countries under examination 11. Conclusion PART IV: DYNAMICS AND PARTICIPANTS OF THE PUBLIC DEBATE ON EUROPE 12. Institutional events as main drivers of the European integration debate 13. The content of the debate - Deepening and enlargement as main concerns 14. The standing of political actors - Party politicians in control of Europe 15. Conclusion PART V: HOW EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ORIENTATIONS ARE STRUCTURED 16. Three models to explain European integration orientations 17. Beyond the inverted U-curve - Orientations towards a disentangled European issue 18. Conclusion PART VI: TO SPEAK OR NOT TO SPEAK OF EUROPE: ISSUE-EMPHASISED STRATEGIES 19. Why Politicians (de-)emphasize European integration 20. European integration issue emphasis in election campaigns 21. Which Europe do you mean? European integration sub-issue emphasis 22. Conclusion PART VII: THE FRAMING OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 23. Frame analysis and the study of European integration politics 24. What Europe is all about - Empirical results of the frame analysis 25. Conclusion PART VIII: WIDE AWAKE OR FAST ASLEEP? THE LIMITED POLITICIZATION OF EUROPE 26. A political issue that can rock the boat? - Measuring the politicization of Europe 27. Conclusion PART IX: CONCLUSION Appendix: Additional tables Endnotes References