Open AccessDisentangling Europe
Author(s) -
Sanja Badanjak
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
političke perspektive/političke perspektive
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2335-027X
pISSN - 2217-561X
DOI - 10.20901/pp.9.1.01
Subject(s) - globalization , popularity , clearance , politics , matching (statistics) , political science , power (physics) , political economy , economic system , process (computing) , member states , economic globalization , economics , european union , international trade , law , computer science , medicine , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , urology , operating system
In many ways, the process of Europeanization has been running parallel to other processes, most prominently, that of globalization. While it appears that many of the changes, we see in the political landscapes of the member states can be attributed to the impact of the EU , it may also be the case that these are brought about by increased economic interdependence. The rise in popularity of niche parties and a hollowing out of alternatives with regard to economic policies are two of the most prominent effects that are found to be correlated with an increased participation in European integration. In this paper, I am assessing these claims against the alternative hypothesis, which places the causal power with globalization in general, rather than the integration specific to Europe. By employing matching techniques, I am providing a cleared picture of the dependence of the above mentioned domestic political outcomes on the parallel and often confounding processes of Europeanization and globalization.