After the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) triggered
massive public mobilization in the European Union (EU), literature emerged on the novel …

Starting from the observation that the European Union now possesses many of the attributes
of modern political systems, Hix and Høyland take an innovative approach to analysing …

The academic debate about trade policy in the EU has been dominated of late by claims
about the new politicization of trade. After many decades of insulation from domestic politics …

This article examines the origins and current operation of the EU's lobbying transparency
register and offers a critical review of the drivers and politics associated with lobbying reform …

The public politicisation of European integration indicates a growing demand for public
communication of supranational politics. This paper highlights that the messages the …

The EU faces a serious crisis of democratic legitimacy. Citizens believe that the EU is run by
distant and non-responsive political elites. The EU's perceived lack of responsiveness to …

ABSTRACT In March 2019 the European Union adopted the first pan-European investment
screening framework, thus joining the bandwagon of growing investment screening …

European integration is increasingly contested in public. What are the policy consequences
of this EU politicization? This article argues that politicization challenges the hitherto often …

How do mainstream political executives cue their politicised constituencies on European
integration? Moving beyond static expectations that EU politicisation induces executives to …

Purpose Elite interviewing is a well-established area of interview research methods.
Nevertheless, the actual casting of an “elite” has been generally conducted in a prima facie …