Patterns of Opposition in the European Parliament

Benedetta Carlotti holds a PhD in Political Science and Sociology from the Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence). She is currently Data Analyst in a private company located in Florence where she deepens text analysis methods. Her main research interests concern positioning toward the EU with a special focus on extremist and populist parties. She engaged in research collaboration with the University of Siena and with the Scuola Normale Superiore. Her work has been published in the Italian Political Science Review, European Political Science Review and Italian Political Science.

“The book presents a careful analysis of opposition in the European Parliament beyond the usual suspects. The meticulous operationalisation of EU-opposition and the comparison between EU-opponents and with mainstream parties is a clear strength of this book. Well-anchored in the comparative politics literature … .” (Ariadna Ripoll Servent, Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, Vol. 15 (3), October, 2021)

• Chapter 1. EU opposition in the European Parliament: An Introduction.- Chapter 2. Euroscepticism as a contested concept, EU opposition as a valid alternative.- Chapter 3. Explaining national parties’ EU opposition in the European parliament: A framework for the analysis.- Chapter 4. Methods, selection of cases, time framework and variables for the analysis.- Chapter 5. Opposition to EU policies targets: An analysis.- Chapter 6. Landscapes of EU opposition.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.