Bulgarian political parties and European integration
From anticommunism to Euroscepticism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7989542 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dragomir Stoyanov (0000-0002-6528-0272, University of Sussex, corresponding author), Petia Kostadinova (0000-0002-9428-4520, University of Illinois Chicago) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 222-236 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Politics and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2374-5126 • E-ISSN: 2374-5118 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23745118.2020.1729050 |
| OpenAlex | W3010725673 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 27 |
In this article, we review the political developments in Bulgaria since the fall of communism in 1989, including the process of European integration that it underwent. We pay a particular attention to the positions that political parties in the country take with respect to the country’s membership in the European Union (EU). The place of the EU in the profiles of Bulgarian political parties is assessed through quantitative data available from the Manifesto Project. The qualitative discussion of the extent of European Union support within each of the major players in Bulgaria’s party system adds to the quantitative data and provides the details on the specifies of Bulgarian socio-economic and socio-cultural Euroscepticism. We conclude that although Bulgarian political elite continues to have a pro-European orientation, Bulgarian Euroscepticism is already part of the party competition, and it is here to stay
Bulgarian · Business · Economic system · Economics · European integration · European union · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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Euro-Skepticism in the EU Accession Countries
Party structure and party perspectives in Bulgaria
Left Wing, Right Wing, Everything
Party Politics in Central and Eastern Europe. Does EU Membership Matter
Postcommunist Subversion
Attitudes to Europe
What’s Wrong with East-Central Europe
What’s Wrong with East-Central Europe
The Politicization of European Integration
Money, Margins and the Motors of Politics
Indirect Effects of Eurosceptic Messages on Citizen Attitudes toward Domestic Politics
The Role of European Integration in National Election Campaigns
Euroscepticism as a political label
Dimensions and alignments in european union politics
Bulgaria's Royal Elections
Bulgaria's Symphony of Hope
Opposing Integration on Matters of Social and Normative Preferences
The EU's Political Conditionality and Post‐Accession Tendencies
Democratic performance in post-communist Bulgaria
The Fulfillment of Parties’ Election Pledges
The Populist Zeitgeist
The 2014 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria
The 2013 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |