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Fear, Loathing, and the Optimal Size of Nations: Assessing Regional Party Views on European Integration
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Fear, Loathing, and the Optimal Size of Nations:
Assessing Regional Party Views on European Integration
Seth Kincaid Jolly
Department of Political Science
Duke University
## email not listed ##
www.duke.edu/~skj3
Paper prepared for delivery at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, D.C. 31 August – 4 September 2005
DRAFT
Comments Welcome.
Please do not cite without permission.
Abstract:
The relationship between European integration and regional parties is still a largely unexplored
area of research. In other work, though, I find that European integration increases regional party success, at both the formation and national election stages. In this paper, I evaluate whether regional parties perform better as a result of deeper integration because they see the EU as an ally or an enemy. There are two plausible causal mechanisms to explain why regional parties perform better as the EU deepens. First, regional entities are more viable outside their traditional state structure due to the supranational structure of the EU, which allows them access to a larger market with less direct control than a traditional national government. On the other hand, regional movements may be threatened by the encroaching authority of Brussels. Regional political entrepreneurs may utilize these fears and anger towards European integration to mobilize support for their movements. Using expert surveys, I assess the views of regional parties on European integration and I find support for the viability hypothesis because regional political parties are consistently pro-European Union across time, space, and issue area. This research contributes directly to the multi-level governance literature, focusing on sub-national governance. Also, the findings on viability represent a direct test of and support for the optimal size of nations theory.
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Fear, Loathing, and the Optimal Size of Nations:
Assessing Regional Party Views on European Integration
Seth Kincaid Jolly
Department of Political Science
Duke University
## email not listed ##
www.duke.edu/~skj3
Paper prepared for delivery at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, D.C. 31 August – 4 September 2005
DRAFT
Comments Welcome.
Please do not cite without permission.
Abstract:
The relationship between European integration and regional parties is still a largely unexplored
area of research. In other work, though, I find that European integration increases regional party success, at
both the formation and national election stages. In this paper, I evaluate whether regional parties perform
better as a result of deeper integration because they see the EU as an ally or an enemy. There are two
plausible causal mechanisms to explain why regional parties perform better as the EU deepens. First,
regional entities are more viable outside their traditional state structure due to the supranational structure of
the EU, which allows them access to a larger market with less direct control than a traditional national
government. On the other hand, regional movements may be threatened by the encroaching authority of
Brussels. Regional political entrepreneurs may utilize these fears and anger towards European integration
to mobilize support for their movements. Using expert surveys, I assess the views of regional parties on
European integration and I find support for the viability hypothesis because regional political parties are
consistently pro-European Union across time, space, and issue area. This research contributes directly to
the multi-level governance literature, focusing on sub-national governance. Also, the findings on viability
represent a direct test of and support for the optimal size of nations theory.
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