TY - UNPB
T1 - Hungarian party identities & the question of European integration
AU - Batory, Agnes
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The objective of the paper is to assess the extent to which party identity and ideology are reliable guides to political parties’ attitudes to European integration in one of the East Central European EU-applicant countries, Hungary. Starting from general propositions regarding the relationship between particular ideological strands and orientations to European integration, the paper establishes the nature of the ideological space of the Hungarian party system and of the main parties’ location within it. Finally, a textual analysis of election manifestos and other policy documents provides a brief overview of party attitudes to integration. In conclusion, the Hungarian case suggests that while ideology does not account for the clear-cut choice between support and rejection of EU membership by parties, it is nonetheless a necessary explanatory variable in the context of the basis and strength of parties’ European orientations.
AB - The objective of the paper is to assess the extent to which party identity and ideology are reliable guides to political parties’ attitudes to European integration in one of the East Central European EU-applicant countries, Hungary. Starting from general propositions regarding the relationship between particular ideological strands and orientations to European integration, the paper establishes the nature of the ideological space of the Hungarian party system and of the main parties’ location within it. Finally, a textual analysis of election manifestos and other policy documents provides a brief overview of party attitudes to integration. In conclusion, the Hungarian case suggests that while ideology does not account for the clear-cut choice between support and rejection of EU membership by parties, it is nonetheless a necessary explanatory variable in the context of the basis and strength of parties’ European orientations.
KW - International relations
KW - Hungary
KW - European Union countries
KW - Politics and political science
KW - Economic and Monetary Union
KW - European Union countries Relations Hungary
KW - European Union Hungary
KW - Hongrie
KW - Hungary Relations European Union countries
KW - Idéologies politiques
KW - Partis politiques
KW - Partis politiques Adhésion Hongrie
KW - Party affiliation
KW - Party affiliation Hungary
KW - Pays de l'Union européenne Relations Hongrie
KW - Political parties
KW - Political parties Hungary
KW - UE/CE Elargissement
M3 - Working paper
SN - 4
T3 - SEI Working Paper
BT - Hungarian party identities & the question of European integration
PB - Sussex European Institute
CY - Brighton
ER -