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The Structure of Conflict over EU Chemicals Policy
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Abstract There is a lively academic debate over whether political cleavages in the European Union (EU) follow mainly territorial (national) or non-territorial (ideological) patterns. This article analyses the cleavages that structure the conflict over European chemicals policy, the so-called REACH system. Ta... mehr
There is a lively academic debate over whether political cleavages in the European Union (EU) follow mainly territorial (national) or non-territorial (ideological) patterns. This article analyses the cleavages that structure the conflict over European chemicals policy, the so-called REACH system. Taking positions on this major policy as an empirical example, we test these competing theories on the nature of cleavages on environmental policy issues in the EU. We use data from an expert survey of more than 600 individuals to fulfil this aim. The results show that neither of the hypotheses is unequivocally supported. But the data indicate that cleavages based on non-territorial interests are much more important than territorial interests in explaining positions on REACH.... weniger
Klassifikation
Wirtschaftssektoren
Europapolitik
Wirtschaftspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
chemicals policy; cleavage structure; political contestation; territorial/non-territorial interests;
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2008
Seitenangabe
S. 31-58
Zeitschriftentitel
European Union Politics, 9 (2008) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116507085956
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)