What are the consequences of EU politicization for the EU and European societies? This book shifts the analytical focus from EU politicization processes to their empirical and normative research on the effects of politicization on public opinion, public discourses, policymaking and European integration.
Introduction The consequences of EU politicization: a research agenda | Heidi Mercenier, Anne-Marie Houde, Thomas Laloux, Morgan Le Corre Juratic, Damien Pennetreau, Alban Versailles
Part I - Consequences on citizens
Chapter 1 - Eurosceptic, polarized or undecided? How party politicization may shape the structure of public attitudes towards European Integration | Morgan Le Corre Juratic, Mariana Carmo Duarte, Alban Versailles
Chapter 2 - Does the perceived EU politicization affect election results? A study of four western European countries | Stefano Camatarri, Marta Gallina
Chapter 3 - Political implications of the different manifestations of politicization: examining the news coverage of the EU in Greece and Portugal before and during the Eurozone crisis | Tiago Silva, Yani Kartalis, Susana Rogeiro Nina
Part II - Consequences on public discourses
Chapter 4 - Emotional politicization in times of crisis: the case of the German discourse on Europe during the 2015 migration crisis | C. Nicolai L. Gellwitzki, Anne-Marie Houde
Chapter 5 - Ever more politicized and Europeanized? Public debates over European integration in France and Germany | Ines Schäfer
Chapter 6 - The politicization of values in the European Union: implications and outcomes of the controversy over the LGBTI-free zones in Poland | Fabio Bolzonar
Part III - Consequences on EU policy making
Chapter 7 Framing activism in the EP: the politicization of Visa Code and Copyright reforms | Céleste Bonnamy, Juliette Dupont
Chapter 8 - Politicization in trilogues – Investigating an unlikely couple | Alexander Hoppe
Chapter 9 - Mute under pressure? The domestic politicization of European affairs and the participation of MEPs in plenary debates | Thomas Laloux, Damien Pennetreau, Alban Versailles
Chapter 10 - Depoliticization through agencification in the EU's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice | Laura Schmeer
Part IV - Consequences on EU legitimacy
Chapter 11 Reacting to EU politicization: a critical addition to responsiveness, relegitimation and politicization management research | Niels Gheyle
Chapter 12 The politicization trap and how to escape it: intergovernmentalism, politicization and competences mismatch in perspective | Francesco Nicoli, David Van Der Duin, Austė Vaznonytė