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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Domestic Structures and European Integration: A Multi-Stage, Two-Level Analysis of Constitution Building in the European Union. | ||||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | This project explores constitution-building in the EU using a multi-stage two-level-analysis. We expect inferences between the domestic and European level during all stages because the constitution intends to clarify the competencies between both levels. The constitutional convent will make a proposal to be discussed in the member states, and we will examine how member states form their positions in inter-ministerial coordination. This analysis will indicate the degree of member-state unitariness at the IGC, and we will ask whether the degree of unitariness explains their negotiation performance and outcome capacity. We expect that non-unitariness makes reaching outcomes more likely, but ratification more difficult because neither parties nor citizens support outcomes which diverge from their initial positions. Even though our topic provides support for the multi-stage two-level character of the process, it is an ambitious empirical concern to measure the preferences of all the actors involved. We attempt to test our hypotheses using multi-pronged data gathering strategy. For the preparatory stage, we will gather data by expert interviews in the member states. For the negotiation stage, we will use an internet survey, and for the ratification stage, we will use Eurobarometer and party manifesto data to estimate party positions and populations’ attitudes. Our envisaged steps are: i) identification of domestic procedures for inter-ministerial coordination and ratification, ii) identification of issues discussed at the IGC, iii) development of questionnaire for interviews and the internet site, iv) expert interviews within member states and with the Commission and the EP, v) internet survey of negotiating actors during/shortly after the IGC, vi) use party manifesto and Eurobarometer data to estimate domestic constraints, vii) methodological evaluation of the instruments and data, viii) examine competing approaches on constitution-building. |
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| Publications / Publikationen | Hug, Simon; Schulz, Tobias. Using Mass Survey Data to Infer Political Positions, in: European Union Politics. 2005. 6(3). pp. 339-352.Hug, Simon. The State that Wasn't There. The Future of EU Institutions and Formal Models, in: European Union Politics. 2003. 4(1). pp. 121-134.Christin, Thomas; Hug, Simon; Schulz, Tobias. Federalism in the European Union. The View From Below (If There Is Such aThing), in: Journal of European Public Policy. 2005. 12(3). pp. 488-508.Hug, Simon. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der direkten Demokratie in der EU, in: Cheneval, Francis (ed.). Legitimationsgrundlagen der Europäischen Union. 2005 Berlin, Lit Verlag.Hug, Simon; König, Thomas. Divided Government and the Ratification of the Amsterday Treaty, in: Pahre, Robert (ed.). Democratic Foreign Policy Making: Problems of Divided Government and International Cooperation. London, Palgrave. 2006.König, Thomas; Hug, Simon (eds.). Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accesssion Countries. London, Routleldge. 2006.König, Thomas; Hug, Simon. Introduction, in: König, Thomas; Hug, Simon (eds.). Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries. 2006 London, Routleldge. .Hug, Simon; König, Thomas. Conclusion, in: König, Thomas; Hug, Simon (eds.). Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries. London, Routleldge. 2006. | ||||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | European Integration, Institutions | ||||||
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| Other links to external web pages | http://dosei.dhv-speyer.de/ | ||||||
| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
EU, Other Public Sources (e.g. Federal or Cantonal Agencies) |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jan 2003 to Nov 2005 |