dc.contributor.author
Jahn, Detlef
dc.contributor.author
Düpont, Nils
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T07:57:26Z
dc.date.available
2016-05-25T11:23:48.673Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/19069
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-22740
dc.description.abstract
This paper develops an index for estimating the position of the European Union
in various policy fields and ideological dimensions. The index is designed for
macro-comparative studies, which currently mainly use a dummy variable as a
proxy for the impact of the EU on domestic politics, policies and outcomes.
The index assesses the position of each European institution (European
Council, Council of Ministers, Commission, and European Parliament) and takes
the frequently changing decision-making rules between these institutions into
account. Based on an actor-centered approach the index links policy
preferences of actors with formal and informal decision-making rules. The
index thereby appraises the impact of the EU on its member states in greater
detail and is therefore suitable for analyses of most urgent research
questions concerning the relationship between the EU and its member states.
Furthermore, the index allows a calculation of the positional and ideological
misfits between the EU and each individual member state on an annual basis.
Questions about an ideological bias of the EU or problems of compliance can
thus be analyzed with greater precision than before. To illustrate our index
we use data on the left-right dimension, which has proven to be highly
relevant in macro-quantitative studies. The data is available for quarterly
and annual longitudinal analyses from 1966 to 2012.
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dc.format.extent
55 Seiten
dc.relation.ispartofseries
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000055-9
dc.rights.uri
http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft
dc.title
Estimating the Position of the European Union
dc.title.subtitle
A Tool for Macro-Quantitative Studies
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
de
refubium.mycore.fudocsId
FUDOCS_document_000000024599
refubium.series.issueNumber
65
refubium.series.name
KFG working paper
refubium.mycore.derivateId
FUDOCS_derivate_000000006452
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access