Intergovernmental cooperation networks, national policy positions and partisan ideologies : longitudinal evidence from the Council of the European Union
Huhe, Narisong and Thomson, Robert and Arregui, Javier and Naurin, Daniel (2021) Intergovernmental cooperation networks, national policy positions and partisan ideologies : longitudinal evidence from the Council of the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy. ISSN 1350-1763 (In Press)
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Abstract
This study describes and explains the evolution of cooperation networks among member states in the European Union. We examine the effects of similarities between states in their policy positions on specific controversial issues, the ideological orientations of their national governments, and the presence of populist parties in national governments. This builds on a prominent explanation of political ties, according to which political actors who share similar characteristics are likely to cooperate. The analysis examines cooperation networks in the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper I), one of the highest-level committees in the Council, in the period 2003-2018. The findings indicate that states with similar policy positions on specific controversial issues tend to form cooperative relationships, while party ideology indirectly and relatively weakly affects the formation of ties. Surprisingly, the presence of populist parties is unrelated to network evolution. These findings have implications for the extent to which cooperation in the Council is shaped by national democratic processes.
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Item type: Article ID code: 77684 Dates: DateEvent23 August 2021Published23 August 2021AcceptedKeywords: networks, EU, council, ideology, populism, Political science (General), Public Administration, Sociology and Political Science Subjects: Political Science > Political science (General) Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 07 Sep 2021 14:14 Last modified: 18 Jan 2023 11:24 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/77684