Political groups over national parties
Measuring the Europeanization of the political arena through MEPs’ Twitter interactions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7950342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Livia van Vliet (0000-0002-2505-2961, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, corresponding author), Juliana Chueri (0000-0001-7629-6731, University of Lausanne), Petter Törnberg (0000-0001-8722-8646, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Univeristy of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland), J Uitermark (0000-0002-5274-1455, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 479-492 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13540688231158486 |
| OpenAlex | W4366266318 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 55 |
The question of the democratic character of the European Union (EU) has been a center-point of decades of political research. An important critique suggests that the development of the European political arena is still incomplete, with European parliamentarians primarily orienting themselves to national issues and politicians, implying a problematic mismatch between the political arena and their policy jurisdiction. Research has however been limited by methodological difficulties of capturing the level of Europeanization of the political arena. This paper contributes a novel method for measuring Europeanization by studying interactions between the European Parliament to their national parliamentarians on Twitter in 15 EU countries. Contrary to expectations in the literature, we find substantial Europeanization of the political arena. The level of Europeanization furthermore varies greatly across countries and political groups. This has important implications on the debate on EU’s democratic deficit, as communication across different levels of parliament indicates democratic debate
Democracy · democratic deficit · Economics · European union · International trade · Jurisdiction · Parliament · Political communication · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |