International Treaty Ratification and Party Competition: Theory and Evidence from the EU's Constitutional Treaty

Autor:	Nikitas Konstantinidis, Andreas Dür
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Multinomial logistic regression model Political science Law Political Science and International Relations Referendum International treaty Treaty Ratification Empirical evidence Party competition Law and economics Arms control
Zdroj:	Political Science Research and Methods. 1:179-200
ISSN:	2049-8489 2049-8470
DOI:	10.1017/psrm.2013.17
Popis:	What explains a party's dual decision about whether to endorse a referendum on an international treaty and whether to support that treaty in a referendum campaign? Relying on an original game of second-order electoral competition, this article argues that the relative likelihood of a party endorsing a referendum is highest at the beginning and end of the electoral cycle, and when the public supports the treaty. The study uses data on the position of 175 parties in 24 member states vis-à-vis the EU's Constitutional Treaty and its preferred mechanism of ratification to test these expectations against empirical evidence. Using a multinomial logistic regression model, it finds robust support for the argument.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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