Going Public in the European Union: Action Repertoires of Western European Collective Political Actors

Kriesi, Hanspeter; Tresch, Anke Daniela; Jochum Christin, Margit Theresia

doi:10.1177/0010414005285753

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Going Public in the European Union: Action Repertoires of Western European Collective Political Actors

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Kriesi, Hanspeter; Tresch, Anke Daniela; Jochum Christin, Margit Theresia

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Comparative political studies, vol. 40, no. 1, p. 48-73

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2007

Abstract

As a result of the Europeanization of politics and the increasing role of the public sphere, political actors in Western Europe are currently facing a double strategic challenge. Based on data from seven West European countries and the European Union, the authors analyze how state actors, political parties, interest groups, and social movement organizations cope with this double challenge at both the national and the supranational level. Results indicate that the classic repertoire of inside strategies at the national level is still the most typical for all actors, but media-related strategies are also prominent at the national level. The Europeanization of repertoires is mainly determined by institutional factors and by the actors' power, whereas the public arena plays an equally important role for all types of actors, in all countries and at both the national and the EU level.

Keywords

Strategic action repertoire
European Union
Going public
Audience democracy
Political opportunity structure

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Faculté des sciences de la société / Département de science politique et relations internationales

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KRIESI, Hanspeter, TRESCH, Anke Daniela, JOCHUM CHRISTIN, Margit Theresia. Going Public in the European Union: Action Repertoires of Western European Collective Political Actors. In: Comparative political studies, 2007, vol. 40, n° 1, p. 48–73. doi: 10.1177/0010414005285753

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DOI : 10.1177/0010414005285753

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