Marie-Christine Fontana
Biographic Data
| ID | 4384044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marie-Christine Fontana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marie-Christine |
| FAMILY NAME | Fontana |
| SIGNATURE | FONTANA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Political and International Studies, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and University of Exeter, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Europeanization and domestic policy concertation
The Europeanization literature assumes that European integration affects domestic policies, politics and polities; yet, the impact on domestic corporatist patterns, which characterize policy-making in small European states, has received little attention so far. While contradictory theoretical expectations exist, this paper argues that European market-making policies tend to weaken domestic corporatist policy-making by offering new opportunities t…
Does Europeanisation weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes
This article analyses how Europeanisation affects the power resources of social democratic forces in Switzerland. Whereas political economy arguments would assume that processes of internationalisation invariably weaken social democratic parties and trade unions, we argue that they can also empower them in certain circumstances. Detailed case studies of decision-making processes in Switzerland show that Europeanisation does not coincide with a we…
The ‘New Right' Vote
Studying the Swiss national elections 2003, we find a pronounced gender gap in the SVP vote - women are significantly less likely to vote for this party than are men. In order to explain this gender gap, this article combines two innovative approaches. On the one hand, it links the literature on gender gaps with research on the New Right. On the other, it makes a distinction between the conditional and compositional effects of explanatory factors…
The ‘New Right' Vote
Studying the Swiss national elections 2003, we find a pronounced gender gap in the SVP vote - women are significantly less likely to vote for this party than are men. In order to explain this gender gap, this article combines two innovative approaches. On the one hand, it links the literature on gender gaps with research on the New Right. On the other, it makes a distinction between the conditional and compositional effects of explanatory factors…
Europeanization and domestic policy concertation
The Europeanization literature assumes that European integration affects domestic policies, politics and polities; yet, the impact on domestic corporatist patterns, which characterize policy-making in small European states, has received little attention so far. While contradictory theoretical expectations exist, this paper argues that European market-making policies tend to weaken domestic corporatist policy-making by offering new opportunities t…
Does Europeanisation weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes
This article analyses how Europeanisation affects the power resources of social democratic forces in Switzerland. Whereas political economy arguments would assume that processes of internationalisation invariably weaken social democratic parties and trade unions, we argue that they can also empower them in certain circumstances. Detailed case studies of decision-making processes in Switzerland show that Europeanisation does not coincide with a we…
The ‘New Right' Vote
Studying the Swiss national elections 2003, we find a pronounced gender gap in the SVP vote - women are significantly less likely to vote for this party than are men. In order to explain this gender gap, this article combines two innovative approaches. On the one hand, it links the literature on gender gaps with research on the New Right. On the other, it makes a distinction between the conditional and compositional effects of explanatory factors…
Does Europeanisation weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes
This article analyses how Europeanisation affects the power resources of social democratic forces in Switzerland. Whereas political economy arguments would assume that processes of internationalisation invariably weaken social democratic parties and trade unions, we argue that they can also empower them in certain circumstances. Detailed case studies of decision-making processes in Switzerland show that Europeanisation does not coincide with a we…
Europeanization and domestic policy concertation
The Europeanization literature assumes that European integration affects domestic policies, politics and polities; yet, the impact on domestic corporatist patterns, which characterize policy-making in small European states, has received little attention so far. While contradictory theoretical expectations exist, this paper argues that European market-making policies tend to weaken domestic corporatist policy-making by offering new opportunities t…
Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (2 works) · Europeanisation (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (2 works) · Positive economics (2 works)